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+{"title":["THE PROPHECY OF ABDIAS"],"intro":["ABDIAS, whose name is interpreted THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, is believed","to have prophesied about the same time as OSEE, JOEL, and AMOS: though","some of the Hebrews, who believe him to be the same with ACHAB's","steward, make him much more ancient. His prophecy is the shortest of any","in number of words, but yields to none, says ST. JEROME, in the","sublimity of mysteries. It contains but one chapter."],"contents":[{"title":["Abdias Chapter 1"],"intro":["The destruction of Edom for their pride: and the wrongs they did to","Jacob: the salvation and victory of Israel."],"contents":{"1":["The vision of Abdias. Thus saith the Lord God to Edom: We have","heard a rumour from the Lord, and he hath sent an ambassador to the","nations: Arise, and let us rise up to battle against him."],"2":["Behold I have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding","contemptible."],"3":["The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the","clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in","thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground?"],"4":["Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest","among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord."],"5":["If thieves had gone in to thee, if robbers by night, how wouldst","thou have held thy peace? would they not have stolen till they had","enough? if the grapegatherers had come in to thee, would they not have","left thee at the least a cluster?"],"6":["How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden","things?"],"7":["They have sent thee out even to the border: all the men of thy","confederacy have deceived thee: the men of thy peace have prevailed","against thee: they that eat with thee shall lay snares under thee: there","is no wisdom in him."],"8":["Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of","Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?"],"9":["And thy valiant men of the south shall be afraid, that man may be","cut off from the mount of Esau."],"10":["For the slaughter, and for the iniquity against thy brother Jacob,","confusion shall cover thee, and thou shalt perish for ever."],"11":["In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried","away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast","lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them."],"12":["But thou shalt not look on in the day of thy brother, in the day","of his leaving his country: and thou shalt not rejoice over the children","of Juda, in the day of their destruction: and thou shalt not magnify thy","mouth in the day of distress."],"13":["Neither shalt thou enter into the gate of my people in the day of","their ruin: neither shalt thou also look on in his evils in the day of","his calamity: and thou shalt not be sent out against his army in the day","of his desolation."],"14":["Neither shalt thou stand in the crossways to kill them that flee:","and thou shalt not shut up them that remain of him in the day of","tribulation."],"15":["For the day of the Lord is at hand upon all nations: as thou hast","done, so shall it be done to thee: he will turn thy reward upon thy own","head."],"16":["For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall","drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be","as though they were not."],"17":["And in mount Sion shall be salvation, and it shall be holy, and","the house of Jacob shall possess those that possessed them."],"18":["And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a","flame, and the house of Esau stubble: and they shall be kindled in them,","and shall devour them: and there shall be no remains of the house of","Esau, for the Lord hath spoken it."],"19":["And they that are toward the south, shall inherit the mount of","Esau, and they that are in the plains, the Philistines: and they shall","possess the country of Ephraim, and the country of Samaria: and Benjamin","shall possess Galaad."],"20":["And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the","places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of","Jerusalem that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the south."],"21":["And saviours shall come up into mount Sion to judge the mount of","Esau: and the kingdom shall be for the Lord."]},"footnotes":{"12":["Thou shalt not look, etc... or, thou shouldst not, etc. It is a","reprehension for what they had done, and at the same time a declaration","that these things should not pass unpunished.-Ibid. Thou shalt not","magnify thy mouth... That is, thou shalt not speak arrogantly against","the children of Juda as insulting them in their distress."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE PROPHECY OF AGGEUS"],"intro":["AGGEUS was one of those that returned from the captivity of Babylon, in","the first year of the reign of king Cyrus. He was sent by the Lord, in","the second year of the reign of king Darius, the son of Hystaspes, to","exhort Zorobabel the prince of Juda, and Jesus the high priest, to the","building of the temple; which they had begun, but left off again through","the opposition of the Samaritans. In consequence of this exhortation","they proceeded in the building and finished the temple. And the prophet","was commissioned by the Lord to assure them that this second temple","should be more glorious than the former, because the Messiah should","honour it with his presence: signifying withal how much the church of","the New Testament should excel that of the Old Testament."],"contents":[{"title":["Aggeus Chapter 1"],"intro":["The people are reproved for neglecting to build the temple. They are","encouraged to set about the work."],"contents":{"1":["In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the","first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus","the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to","Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:"],"2":["Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time","is not yet come for building the house of the Lord."],"3":["And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet,","saying:"],"4":["Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie","desolate?"],"5":["And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts to consider","your ways."],"6":["You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but","have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with","drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he","that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes."],"7":["Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts upon your ways:"],"8":["Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build the house: and it","shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord."],"9":["You have looked for more, and behold it became less, and you","brought it home, and I blowed it away: why, saith the Lord of hosts?","because my house is desolate, and you make haste every man to his own","house."],"10":["Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and","the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:"],"11":["And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains,","and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and upon all","that the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon beasts, and upon","all the labour of the hands."],"12":["Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec","the high priest, and all the remnant of the people hearkened to the","voice of the Lord their God, and to the words of Aggeus the prophet, as","the Lord their God sent him to them: and the people feared before the","Lord."],"13":["And Aggeus the messenger of the Lord, as one of the messengers of","the Lord, spoke, saying to the people: I am with you, saith the Lord."],"14":["And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of","Salathiel governor of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec","the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people: and they","went in, and did the work in the house of the Lord of Hosts their God."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Aggeus Chapter 2"],"intro":["Christ by his coming shall make the latter temple more glorious than the","former. The blessing of God shall reward their labour in building. God's","promise to Zorobabel."],"contents":{"1":["In the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in","the second year of Darius the king, they began."],"2":["And in the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of","Aggeus the prophet, saying:"],"3":["Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel the governor of Juda, and","to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and to the rest of the","people, saying:"],"4":["Who is left among you, that saw this house in its first glory? and","how do you see it now? is it not in comparison to that as nothing in","your eyes?"],"5":["Yet now take courage, O Zorobabel, saith the Lord, and take","courage, Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and take courage, all","ye people of the land, saith the Lord of hosts: and perform (for I am","with you, saith the Lord of hosts)"],"6":["The word that I convenanted with you when you came out of the land","of Egypt: and my spirit shall be in the midst of you: fear not."],"7":["For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet one little while, and I will","move the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land."],"8":["And I will move all nations: AND THE DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS SHALL","COME: and I will fill this house with glory: saith the Lord of hosts."],"9":["The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts."],"10":["Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the","first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace,","saith the Lord of hosts."],"11":["In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second","year of Darius the king, the word of the Lord came to Aggeus the","prophet, saying:"],"12":["Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests the law, saying:"],"13":["If a man carry sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment, and","touch with his skirt, bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat:","shall it be sanctified? And the priests answered, and said: No."],"14":["And Aggeus said: If one that is unclean by occasion of a soul","touch any of all these things, shall it be defiled? And the priests","answered, and said: It shall be defiled."],"15":["And Aggeus answered, and said: So is this people, and so is this","nation before my face, saith the Lord, and so is all the work of their","hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled."],"16":["And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before","there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord."],"17":["When you went to a heap of twenty bushels, and they became ten:","and you went into the press, to press out fifty vessels, and they became","twenty."],"18":["I struck you with a blasting wind, and all the works of your hand","with the mildew and with hail, yet there was none among you that","returned to me, saith the Lord."],"19":["Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and","twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of","the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts."],"20":["Is the seed as yet sprung up? or hath the vine, and the fig tree,","and the pomegranate, and the olive tree as yet flourished? from this day","I will bless you."],"21":["And the word of the Lord came a second time to Aggeus in the four","and twentieth day of the month, saying:"],"22":["Speak to Zorobabel the governor of Juda, saying: I will move both","heaven and earth."],"23":["And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and will destroy the","strength of the kingdom of the Gentiles: and I will overthrow the","chariot, and him that rideth therein: and the horses and their riders","shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother."],"24":["In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will take thee, O","Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and will","make thee as a signet, for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts."]},"footnotes":{"14":["By occasion of a soul... That is, by having touched the dead; in which","case, according to the prescription of the law, Num. 19.13, 22, a person","not only became unclean himself, but made every thing that he touched","unclean. The prophet applies all this to the people, whose souls","remained unclean by neglecting the temple of God; and therefore were not","sanctified by the flesh they offered in sacrifice: but rather defiled","their sacrifices by approaching to them in the state of uncleanness."],"24":["O Zorobabel... This promise principally relates to Christ, who was of","the race of Zorobabel."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE PROPHECY OF AMOS"],"intro":["AMOS prophesied in Israel about the same time as Osee: and was called","from following the cattle to denounce GOD'S judgments to the people of","Israel, and the neighbouring nations, for their repeated crimes, in","which they continued without repentance."],"contents":[{"title":["Amos Chapter 1"],"intro":["The prophet threatens Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, and Ammon with the","judgments of God, for their obstinacy in sin."],"contents":{"1":["The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Thecua: which he","saw concerning Israel in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days","of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel two years before the","earthquake."],"2":["And he said: The Lord will roar from Sion, and utter his voice from","Jerusalem: and the beautiful places of the shepherds have mourned, and","the top of Carmel is withered."],"3":["Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four I","will not convert it: because they have thrashed Galaad with iron wains."],"4":["And I will send a fire into the house of Azael, and it shall devour","the houses of Benadad."],"5":["And I will break the bar of Damascus: and I will cut off the","inhabitants from the plain of the idol, and him that holdeth the sceptre","from the house of pleasure: and the people of Syria shall be carried","away to Cyrene, saith the Lord."],"6":["Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four I will","not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to","shut them up in Edom."],"7":["And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the","houses thereof."],"8":["And I will cut off the inhabitant from Azotus, and him that holdeth","the sceptre from Ascalon: and I will turn my hand against Accaron, and","the rest of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God."],"9":["Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four I will","not convert it: because they have shut up an entire captivity in Edom,","and have not remembered the covenant of brethren."],"10":["And I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour","the houses thereof."],"11":["Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four I will","not convert him: because he hath pursued his brother with the sword, and","hath carried on his fury, and hath kept his wrath to the end."],"12":["I will send a fire into Theman: and it shall devour the houses of","Bosra."],"13":["Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon,","and for four I will not convert him: because he hath ripped up the women","with child of Galaad to enlarge his border."],"14":["And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabba: and it shall devour","the houses thereof with shouting in the day of battle, and with a","whirlwind in the day of trouble."],"15":["And Melchom shall go into captivity, both he, and his princes","together, saith the Lord."]},"footnotes":{"1":["The earthquake... Many understand this of a great earthquake, which they","say was felt at the time that king Ozias attempted to offer incense in","the temple. But the best chronologists prove that the earthquake here","spoken of must have been before that time: because Jeroboam the second,","under whom Amos prophesied, was dead long before that attempt of Ozias."],"3":["For three crimes-and for four... That is, for their many unrepented of","crimes.-Ibid. I will not convert it... That is, I will not spare them,","nor turn away the punishments I design to inflict upon them."],"15":["Melchom... The god or idol of the Ammonites, otherwise called Moloch,","and Melech: which in Hebrew signifies a king, and Melchom their king."]}},{"title":["Amos Chapter 2"],"intro":["The judgments with which God threatens Moab, Juda, and Israel for their","sins, and their ingratitude."],"contents":{"1":["Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four I will","not convert him: because he hath burnt the bones of the king of Edom","even to ashes."],"2":["And I will send a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of","Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet:"],"3":["And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay","all his princes with him, saith the Lord."],"4":["Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will","not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath","not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err,","after which their fathers have walked."],"5":["And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of","Jerusalem."],"6":["Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I","will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and","the poor man for a pair of shoes."],"7":["They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and","turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone","to the same young woman, to profane my holy name."],"8":["And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and","drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God."],"9":["Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was","like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed","his fruit from above, and his roots beneath."],"10":["It is I that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I led","you forty years through the wilderness, that you might possess the land","of the Amorrhite."],"11":["And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men","for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?"],"12":["And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the","prophets, saying: Prophesy not."],"13":["Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden","with hay."],"14":["And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not","possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life."],"15":["And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot","shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse save his life."],"16":["And the stout of heart among the valiant shall flee away naked in","that day, saith the Lord."]},"footnotes":{"13":["I will screak... Unable to bear any longer the enormous load of your","sins, etc. The spirit of God, as St. Jerome takes notice, accommodates","himself to the education of the prophet and inspires him with","comparisons taken from country affairs."]}},{"title":["Amos Chapter 3"],"intro":["The evils that shall fall upon Israel for their sins."],"contents":{"1":["Hear the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O ye","children of Israel: concerning the whole family that I brought up out of","the land of Egypt, saying:"],"2":["You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore","will I visit upon you all your iniquities."],"3":["Shall two walk together except they be agreed?"],"4":["Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's","whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?"],"5":["Will the bird fall into the snare upon the earth, if there be no","fowler? Shall the snare be taken up from the earth, before it hath taken","somewhat?"],"6":["Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid?","Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?"],"7":["For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his","servants the prophets."],"8":["The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken,","who shall not prophesy?"],"9":["Publish it in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land","of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria,","and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them that suffer","oppression in the inner rooms thereof."],"10":["And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord,","storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses."],"11":["Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in","tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be","taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled."],"12":["Thus saith the Lord: As if a shepherd should get out of the lion's","mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel","be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in a place of a bed, and in the","couch of Damascus."],"13":["Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord the God","of hosts:"],"14":["That in the day when I shall begin to visit the transgressions of","Israel, I will visit upon him, and upon the altars of Bethel: and the","horns of the altars shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground."],"15":["And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the","houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith","the Lord."]},"footnotes":{"2":["Visit upon... That is, punish."],"6":["Evil in a city... He speaks of the evil of punishments of war, famine,","pestilence, desolation, etc., but not of the evil of sin, of which God","is not the author."]}},{"title":["Amos Chapter 4"],"intro":["The Israelites are reproved for their oppressing the poor, for their","idolatry, and their incorrigibleness."],"contents":{"1":["Hear this word, ye fat kine that are in the mountains of Samaria:","you that oppress the needy, and crush the poor: that say to your","masters: Bring, and we will drink."],"2":["The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall","come upon you, when they shall lift you up on pikes, and what shall","remain of you in boiling pots."],"3":["And you shall go out at the breaches one over against the other,","and you shall be cast forth into Armon, saith the Lord."],"4":["Come ye to Bethel, and do wickedly: to Galgal, and multiply","transgressions: and bring in the morning your victims, your tithes in","three days."],"5":["And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven: and call free","offerings, and proclaim it: for so you would do, O children of Israel,","saith the Lord God."],"6":["Whereupon I also have given you dulness of teeth in all your","cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet you have not returned","to me, saith the Lord."],"7":["I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three","months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon on city, and caused","it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon: and the","piece whereupon I rained not, withered."],"8":["And two and three cities went to one city to drink water, and were","not filled: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord."],"9":["I struck you with a burning wind, and with mildew, the palmerworm","hath eaten up your many gardens, and your vineyards: your olive groves,","and fig groves: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord."],"10":["I sent death upon you in the way of Egypt, I slew your young men","with the sword, even to the captivity of your horses: and I made the","stench of your camp to come up into your nostrils: yet you returned not","to me, saith the Lord."],"11":["I destroyed some of you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and","you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet you returned not","to me, saith the Lord."],"12":["Therefore I will do these things to thee, O Israel: and after I","shall have done these things to thee, be prepared to meet thy God, O","Israel."],"13":["For behold he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind,","and declareth his word to man, he that maketh the morning mist, and","walketh upon the high places of the earth: the Lord the God of hosts is","his name."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Fat kine... He means the great ones that lived in plenty and wealth."],"3":["Armon... A foreign country; some understand it of Armenia."]}},{"title":["Amos Chapter 5"],"intro":["A lamentation for Israel: an exhortation to return to God."],"contents":{"1":["Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a","lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more."],"2":["The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to","raise her up."],"3":["For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a","thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there","came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel."],"4":["For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you","shall live."],"5":["But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass","over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall","be unprofitable."],"6":["Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with","fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel."],"7":["You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the","land,"],"8":["Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness","into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters","of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is","his name."],"9":["He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and","waste upon the mighty."],"10":["They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred","him that speaketh perfectly."],"11":["Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey","from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell","in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink","the wine of them."],"12":["Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins:","enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate."],"13":["Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is","an evil time."],"14":["Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the","God of hosts will be with you, as you have said."],"15":["Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it","may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of","Joseph."],"16":["Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord:","In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are","without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman","to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to lament."],"17":["And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass","through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord."],"18":["Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for","you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light."],"19":["As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should","meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall,","and a serpent should bite him."],"20":["Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and","obscurity, and no brightness in it?"],"21":["I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive","the odour of your assemblies."],"22":["And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive","them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts."],"23":["Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the","canticles of thy harp."],"24":["But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty","torrent."],"25":["Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty","years, O house of Israel?"],"26":["But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your","idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves."],"27":["And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith","the Lord, the God of hosts is his name."]},"footnotes":{"5":["Bethel,-Galgal,-Bersabee... The places where they worshipped their","idols."],"8":["Arcturus and Orion... Arcturus is a bright star in the north: Orion a","beautiful constellation in the south."],"9":["With a smile... That is, with all ease, and without making any effort."],"25":["Did you offer, etc... Except the sacrifices that were offered at the","first, in the dedication of the tabernacle, the Israelites offered no","sacrifices in the desert."],"26":["A tabernacle, etc... All this alludes to the idolatry which they","committed, when they were drawn away by the daughters of Moab to the","worship of their gods. Num. 25."]}},{"title":["Amos Chapter 6"],"intro":["The desolation of Israel for their pride and luxury."],"contents":{"1":["Woe to you that are wealthy in Sion, and to you that have","confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the","people, that go in with state into the house of Israel."],"2":["Pass ye over to Chalane, and see, and go from thence into Emath the","great: and go down into Geth of the Philistines, and to all the best","kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border."],"3":["You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the","throne of iniquity;"],"4":["You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches:","that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of","the herd;"],"5":["You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought","themselves to have instruments of music like David;"],"6":["That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best","ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph."],"7":["Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go","into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken","away."],"8":["The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of","hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will","deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof."],"9":["And if there remain ten men in one house, they also shall die."],"10":["And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he","may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in","the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee?"],"11":["And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him:","Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord."],"12":["For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater","house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts."],"13":["Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles?","for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice","into wormwood."],"14":["You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not","taken unto us horns by our own strength?"],"15":["But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of","Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from","the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Amos Chapter 7"],"intro":["The prophet sees, in three visions, evils coming upon Israel: he is","accused of treason by the false priest of Bethel."],"contents":{"1":["These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the locust was","formed in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter rain, and lo,","it was the latter rain after the king's mowing."],"2":["And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the","grass of the land, I said: O Lord God, be merciful, I beseech thee: who","shall raise up Jacob, for he is very little?"],"3":["The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord."],"4":["These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the Lord called","for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a","part at the same time."],"5":["And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up","Jacob, for he is a little one?"],"6":["The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the","Lord God."],"7":["These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was","standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel."],"8":["And the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A","mason's trowel. And the Lord said: Behold, I will lay down the trowel in","the midst of my people Israel. I will plaster them over no more."],"9":["And the high places of the idol shall be thrown down, and the","sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste: and I will rise up against","the house of Jeroboam with the sword."],"10":["And Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,","saying: Amos hath rebelled against thee in the midst of the house of","Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words."],"11":["For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel","shall be carried away captive out of their own land."],"12":["And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land","of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there."],"13":["But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the","king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom."],"14":["And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am","I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs."],"15":["And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said","to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel."],"16":["And now hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, thou shalt","not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop thy word upon the","house of the idol."],"17":["Therefore thus saith the Lord: Thy wife shall play the harlot in","the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and","thy land shall be measured by a line: and thou shalt die in a polluted","land, and Israel shall go into captivity out of their land."]},"footnotes":{"1":["The locust, etc... These judgments by locusts and fire, which, by the","prophet's intercession, were moderated, signify the former invasions of","the Assyrians under Phul and Theglathphalasar, before the utter","desolation of Israel by Salmanasar."],"11":["Jeroboam shall die by the sword... The prophet did not say this; but","that the Lord would rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the","sword: which was verified, when Zacharias, the son and successor of","Jeroboam, was slain by the sword. 4 Kings 15.10."],"14":["I am not a prophet... That is, I am not a prophet by education: nor is","prophesying my calling or profession: but I am a herdsman, whom God was","pleased to send hither to prophesy to Israel."],"16":["The house of the idol... Viz., of the calf worshipped in Bethel."]}},{"title":["Amos Chapter 8"],"intro":["Under the figure of a hook, which bringeth down the fruit, the","approaching desolation of Israel is foreshewed for their avarice and","injustices."],"contents":{"1":["These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold a hook to draw down","the fruit."],"2":["And he said: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A hook to draw down","fruit. And the Lord said to me: The end is come upon my people Israel: I","will not again pass by them any more."],"3":["And the hinges of the temple shall screak in that day, saith the","Lord God: many shall die: silence shall be cast in every place."],"4":["Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land","to fail,"],"5":["Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares:","and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the","measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances,"],"6":["That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of","shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?"],"7":["The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never","forget all their works."],"8":["Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that","dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out,","and run down as the river of Egypt?"],"9":["And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the","sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day","of light:"],"10":["And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into","lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and","baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only","son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day."],"11":["Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will send forth a","famine into the land: not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but","of hearing the word of the Lord."],"12":["And they shall move from sea to sea, and from the north to the","east: they shall go about seeking the word of the Lord, and shall not","find it."],"13":["In that day the fair virgins, and the young men shall faint for","thirst."],"14":["They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan,","liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall","rise no more."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Amos Chapter 9"],"intro":["The certainty of the desolation of Israel: the restoring of the","tabernacle of David, and the conversion of the Gentiles to the church;","which shall flourish for ever."],"contents":{"1":["I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the","hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the","head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there","shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of","them shall not be delivered."],"2":["Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them","out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down."],"3":["And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take","them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in","the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite","them."],"4":["And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I","command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon","them for evil, and not for good."],"5":["And the Lord the God of hosts is he who toucheth the earth, and it","shall melt: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up","as a river, and shall run down as the river of Egypt."],"6":["He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his","bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth","them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name."],"7":["Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children","of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of","Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of","Cyrene?"],"8":["Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I","will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly","destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord."],"9":["For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel","among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a","little stone fall to the ground."],"10":["All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The","evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us."],"11":["In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is","fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and","repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old."],"12":["That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations,","because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these","things."],"13":["Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall","overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and","the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled."],"14":["And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel: and they","shall build the abandoned cities, and inhabit them: and they shall plant","vineyards, and drink the wine of them: and shall make gardens, and eat","the fruits of them. And I will plant them upon their own land: and I","will no more pluck them out of their land which I have given them, saith","the Lord thy God."]},"footnotes":{"6":["His ascension... That is, his high throne.-Ibid. His bundle... That is,","his church bound up together by the bands of one faith and communion."],"7":["As the children of the Ethiopians... That is, as black as they, by your","iniquities."],"13":["Shall overtake, etc... By this is meant the great abundance of spiritual","blessings; which, as it were, by a constant succession, shall enrich the","church of Christ."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE PROPHECY OF BARUCH"],"intro":["BARUCH was a man of noble extraction, and learned in the law, secretary","and disciple to the prophet JEREMIAS, and a sharer in his labours and","persecutions: which is the reason why the ancient fathers have","considered this book as a part of the prophecy of JEREMIAS, and have","usually quoted it under his name."],"contents":[{"title":["Baruch Chapter 1"],"intro":["The Jews of Babylon send the book of Baruch with money to Jerusalem,","requesting their brethren there to offer sacrifice, and to pray for the","king and for them, acknowledging their manifold sins."],"contents":{"1":["And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of","Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Sedei, the","son Helcias, wrote in Babylonia."],"2":["In the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time","that the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire."],"3":["And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias","the son of Joakim king of Juda, and in the hearing of all the people","that came to hear the book."],"4":["And in the hearing of the nobles, the sons of the kings, and in the","hearing of the ancients, and in the hearing of the people, from the","least even to the greatest of them that dwelt in Babylonia, by the river","Sedi."],"5":["And when they heard it they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the","Lord."],"6":["And they made a collection of money according to every man's power."],"7":["And they sent it to Jerusalem to Joakim the priest, the son of","Helcias, the son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people,","that were found with him in Jerusalem:"],"8":["At the time when he received the vessels of the temple of the Lord,","which had been taken away out of the temple, to return them into the","land of Juda the tenth day of the month Sivan, the silver vessels, which","Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda had made,"],"9":["After that Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away","Jechonias, and the princes, and all the powerful men, and the people of","the land from Jerusalem, and brought them bound to Babylon."],"10":["And they said: Behold we have sent you money, buy with it","holocausts, and frankincense, and make meat offerings, and offerings for","sin at the altar of the Lord our God:"],"11":["And pray ye for the life of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon,","and for the life of Balthasar his son, that their days may be upon earth","as the days of heaven:"],"12":["And that the Lord may give us strength, and enlighten our eyes,","that we may live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon,","and under the shadow of Balthasar his son, and may serve them many days,","and may find favour in their sight."],"13":["And pray ye for us to the Lord our God: for we have sinned against","the Lord our God, and his wrath is not turned away from us even to this","day."],"14":["And read ye this book, which we have sent to you to be read in the","temple of the Lord, on feasts, and proper days."],"15":["And you shall say: To the Lord our God belongeth justice, but to","us confusion of our face: as it is come to pass at this day to all Juda,","and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,"],"16":["To our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our","prophets, and to our fathers."],"17":["We have sinned before the Lord our God, and have not believed him,","nor put our trust in him:"],"18":["And we were not obedient to him, and we have not hearkened to the","voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his commandments which he hath","given us."],"19":["From the day that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt,","even to this day, we were disobedient to the Lord our God: and going","astray we turned away from hearing his voice."],"20":["And many evils have cleaved to us, and the curses which the Lord","foretold by Moses his servant: who brought our fathers out of the land","of Egypt, to give us a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day."],"21":["And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God","according to all the words of the prophets whom he sent to us:"],"22":["And we have gone away every man after the inclinations of his own","wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the","Lord our God."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Baruch Chapter 2"],"intro":["A further confession of the sins of the people, and of the justice of","God."],"contents":{"1":["Wherefore the Lord our God hath made good his word, that he spoke","to us, and to our judges that have judged Israel, and to our kings, and","to our princes, and to all Israel and Juda:"],"2":["That the Lord would bring upon us great evils, such as never","happened under heaven, as they have come to pass in Jerusalem, according","to the things that are written in the law of Moses:"],"3":["That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of","his own daughter."],"4":["And he hath delivered them up to be under the hand of all the kings","that are round about us, to be a reproach, and desolation among all the","people, among whom the Lord hath scattered us."],"5":["And we are brought under, and are not uppermost: because we have","sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice."],"6":["To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our","fathers confusion of face, as at this day."],"7":["For the Lord hath pronounced against us all these evils that are","come upon us:"],"8":["And we have not entreated the face of the Lord our God, that we","might return every one of us from our most wicked ways."],"9":["And the Lord hath watched over us for evil, and hath brought it","upon us: for the Lord is just in all his works which he hath commanded","us:"],"10":["And we have not hearkened to his voice to walk in the commandments","of the Lord which he hath set before us."],"11":["And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought thy people out of","the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders,","and with thy great power, and with a mighty arm, and hast made thee a","name as at this day,"],"12":["We have sinned, we have done wickedly, we have acted unjustly, O","Lord our God, against all thy justices."],"13":["Let thy wrath be turned away from us: for we are left a few among","the nations where thou hast scattered us."],"14":["Hear, O Lord, our prayers, and our petitions, and deliver us for","thy own sake: and grant that we may find favour in the sight of them","that have led us away:"],"15":["That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and","that thy name is called upon Israel, and upon his posterity."],"16":["Look down upon us, O Lord, from thy holy house, and incline thy","ear, and hear us."],"17":["Open thy eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in hell, whose","spirit is taken away from their bowels, shall not give glory and justice","to the Lord:"],"18":["But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath","done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the","hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord."],"19":["For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our","prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:"],"20":["But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and thy indignation upon","us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets,","saying:"],"21":["Thus saith the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and","serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have","given to your fathers."],"22":["But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to","serve the king of Babylon: I will cause you to depart out of the cities","of Juda, and from without Jerusalem."],"23":["And I will take away from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of","joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and","all the land shall be without any footstep of inhabitants."],"24":["And they hearkened not to thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon:","and thou hast made good thy words, which thou spokest by the hands of","thy servants the prophets, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of","our fathers should be removed out of their place:"],"25":["And behold they are cast out to the heat of the sun, and to the","frost of the night: and they have died in grievous pains, by famine, and","by the sword, and in banishment."],"26":["And thou hast made the temple, in which thy name was called upon,","as it is at this day, for the iniquity of the house of Israel, and the","house of Juda."],"27":["And thou hast dealt with us, O Lord our God, according to all thy","goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine:"],"28":["As thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, in the day when","thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel,"],"29":["Saying: If you will not hear my voice, this great multitude shall","be turned into a very small number among the nations, where I will","scatter them:"],"30":["For I know that the people will not hear me, for they are a people","of a stiff neck: but they shall turn to their heart in the land of their","captivity:"],"31":["And they shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give","them a heart, and they shall understand: and ears, and they shall hear."],"32":["And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall","be mindful of my name."],"33":["And they shall turn away themselves from their stiff neck, and","from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their","fathers, that sinned against me."],"34":["And I will bring them back again into the land which I promised","with an oath to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall","be masters thereof: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be","diminished."],"35":["And I will make with them another covenant that shall be","everlasting, to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no","more remove my people, the children of Israel, out of the land that I","have given them."]},"footnotes":{"17":["Justice, etc... They that are in hell shall not give justice to God;","that is, they shall not acknowledge and glorify his justice as penitent","sinners do upon earth."]}},{"title":["Baruch Chapter 3"],"intro":["They pray for mercy, acknowledging that they are justly punished for","forsaking true wisdom. A prophecy of Christ."],"contents":{"1":["And now, O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, the soul in anguish,","and the troubled spirit crieth to thee:"],"2":["Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for thou art a merciful God, and have","pity on us: for we have sinned before thee."],"3":["For thou remainest for ever, and shall we perish everlastingly?"],"4":["O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead","of Israel, and of their children, that have sinned before thee, and have","not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, wherefore evils have","cleaved fast to us."],"5":["Remember not the iniquities of our fathers, but think upon thy","hand, and upon thy name at this time:"],"6":["For thou art the Lord our God, and we will praise thee, O Lord:"],"7":["Because for this end thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the","intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our","captivity, for we are converted from the iniquity of our fathers, who","sinned before thee."],"8":["And behold we are at this day in our captivity, whereby thou hast","scattered us to be a reproach, and a curse, and an offence, according to","all the iniquities of our fathers, who departed from thee, O Lord our","God."],"9":["Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that thou mayst","learn wisdom."],"10":["How happeneth it, O Israel, that thou art in thy enemies' land?"],"11":["Thou art grown old in a strange country, thou art defiled with the","dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell."],"12":["Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom:"],"13":["For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou hadst surely","dwelt in peace for ever."],"14":["Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding:","that thou mayst know also where is length of days and life, where is the","light of the eyes, and peace."],"15":["Who hath found out her place? and who hath gone in to her","treasures?"],"16":["Where are the princes of the nations, and they that rule over the","beasts that are upon the earth?"],"17":["That take their diversion with the birds of the air."],"18":["That hoard up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and there is no","end of their getting? who work in silver and are solicitous, and their","works are unsearchable."],"19":["They are cut off, and are gone down to hell, and others are risen","up in their place."],"20":["Young men have seen the light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the","way of knowledge they have not known,"],"21":["Nor have they understood the paths thereof, neither have their","children received it, it is far from their face."],"22":["It hath not been heard of in the land of Chanaan, neither hath it","been seen in Theman."],"23":["The children of Agar also, that search after the wisdom that is of","the earth, the merchants of Merrha, and of Theman, and the tellers of","fables, and searchers of prudence and understanding: but the way of","wisdom they have not known, neither have they remembered her paths."],"24":["O Israel, how great is the house of God, and how vast is the place","of his possession!"],"25":["It is great, and hath no end: it is high and immense."],"26":["There were the giants, those renowned men that were from the","beginning, of great stature, expert in war."],"27":["The Lord chose not them, neither did they find the way of","knowledge: therefore did they perish."],"28":["And because they had not wisdom, they perished through their","folly."],"29":["Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down","from the clouds?"],"30":["Who hath passed over the sea, and found her, and brought her","preferably to chosen gold?"],"31":["There is none that is able to know her ways, nor that can search","out her paths:"],"32":["But he that knoweth all things, knoweth her, and hath found her","out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore, and","filled it with cattle and fourfooted beasts:"],"33":["He that sendeth forth the light, and it goeth: and hath called it,","and it obeyeth him with trembling."],"34":["And the stars have given light in their watches, and rejoiced:"],"35":["They were called, and they said: Here we are: and with","cheerfulness they have shined forth to him that made them."],"36":["This is our God, and there shall no other be accounted of in","comparison of him."],"37":["He found out all the way of knowledge, and gave it to Jacob his","servant, and to Israel his beloved."],"38":["Afterwards he was seen upon earth, and conversed with men."]},"footnotes":{"22":["Theman... The capital city of Edom."],"23":["Agar... The mother of the Ismaelites."],"38":["Was seen upon earth, etc... viz., by the mystery of the incarnation, by","means of which the son of God came visibly amongst us, and conversed","with men. The prophets often speak of things to come as if they were","past, to express the certainty of the event of the things foretold."]}},{"title":["Baruch Chapter 4"],"intro":["The prophet exhorts to the keeping of the law of wisdom, and encourages","the people to be patient, and to hope for their deliverance."],"contents":{"1":["This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law, that is","for ever: all they that keep it, shall come to life: but they that have","forsaken it, to death."],"2":["Return, O Jacob, and take hold of it, walk in the way by its","brightness, in the presence of the light thereof."],"3":["Give not thy honour to another, nor thy dignity to a strange","nation."],"4":["We are happy, O Israel: because the things that are pleasing to","God, are made known to us."],"5":["Be of good comfort, O people of God, the memorial of Israel:"],"6":["You have been sold to the Gentiles, not for your destruction: but","because you provoked God to wrath, you are delivered to your","adversaries."],"7":["For you have provoked him who made you, the eternal God, offering","sacrifice to devils, and not to God."],"8":["For you have forgotten God, who brought you up, and you have","grieved Jerusalem that nursed you."],"9":["For she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, and she said: Give","ear, all you that dwell near Sion, for God hath brought upon me great","mourning:"],"10":["For I have seen the captivity of my people, of my sons, and my","daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them."],"11":["For I nourished them with joy: but I sent them away with weeping","and mourning."],"12":["Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and desolate: I am forsaken","of many for the sins of my children, because they departed from the law","of God."],"13":["And they have not known his justices, nor walked by the ways of","God's commandments, neither have they entered by the paths of his truth","and justice."],"14":["Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember the captivity of","my sons and daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them."],"15":["For he hath brought a nation upon them from afar, a wicked nation,","and of a strange tongue:"],"16":["Who have neither reverenced the ancient, nor pitied children, and","have carried away the beloved of the widow, and have left me all alone","without children."],"17":["But as for me, what help can I give you?"],"18":["But he that hath brought the evils upon you, he will deliver you","out of the hands of your enemies."],"19":["Go your way, my children, go your way: for I am left alone."],"20":["I have put off the robe of peace, and have put upon me the","sackcloth of supplication, and I will cry to the most High in my days."],"21":["Be of good comfort, my children, cry to the Lord, and he will","deliver you out of the hand of the princes your enemies."],"22":["For my hope is in the Eternal that he will save you: and joy is","come upon me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall come to","you from our everlasting Saviour."],"23":["For I sent you forth with mourning and weeping: but the Lord will","bring you back to me with joy and gladness for ever."],"24":["For as the neighbours of Sion have now seen your captivity from","God: so shall they also shortly see your salvation from God, which shall","come upon you with great honour, and everlasting glory."],"25":["My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you: for","thy enemy hath persecuted thee, but thou shalt quickly see his","destruction: and thou shalt get up upon his neck."],"26":["My delicate ones have walked rough ways, for they were taken away","as a flock made a prey by the enemies."],"27":["Be of good comfort, my children, and cry to the Lord: for you","shall be remembered by him that hath led you away."],"28":["For as it was your mind to go astray from God; so when you return","again you shall seek him ten times as much."],"29":["For he that hath brought evils upon you, shall bring you","everlasting joy again with your salvation."],"30":["Be of good heart, O Jerusalem: for he exhorteth thee, that named","thee."],"31":["The wicked that have afflicted thee, shall perish: and they that","have rejoiced at thy ruin, shall be punished."],"32":["The cities which thy children have served, shall be punished: and","she that received thy sons."],"33":["For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so","shall she be grieved for her own desolation."],"34":["And the joy of her multitude shall be cut off: and her gladness","shall be turned to mourning."],"35":["For fire shall come upon her from the Eternal, long to endure, and","she shall be inhabited by devils for a great time."],"36":["Look about thee, O Jerusalem, towards the east, and behold the joy","that cometh to thee from God."],"37":["For behold thy children come, whom thou sentest away scattered,","they come gathered together from the east even to the west, at the word","of the Holy One rejoicing for the honour of God."]},"footnotes":{"32":["She that received, etc... viz., Babylon."]}},{"title":["Baruch Chapter 5"],"intro":["Jerusalem is invited to rejoice and behold the return of her children","out of their captivity."],"contents":{"1":["Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy mourning, and affliction:","and put on the beauty, and honour of that everlasting glory which thou","hast from God."],"2":["God will clothe thee with the double garment of justice, and will","set a crown on thy head of everlasting honour."],"3":["For God will shew his brightness in thee, to every one under","heaven."],"4":["For thy name shall be named to thee by God for ever: the peace of","justice, and honour of piety."],"5":["Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high: and look about towards the","east, and behold thy children gathered together from the rising to the","setting sun, by the word of the Holy One rejoicing in the remembrance of","God."],"6":["For they went out from thee on foot, led by the enemies: but the","Lord will bring them to thee exalted with honour as children of the","kingdom."],"7":["For God hath appointed to bring down every high mountain, and the","everlasting rocks, and to fill up the valleys to make them even with the","ground: that Israel may walk diligently to the honour of God."],"8":["Moreover the woods, and every sweetsmelling tree have overshadowed","Israel by the commandment of God."],"9":["For God will bring Israel with joy in the light of his majesty,","with mercy, and justice, that cometh from him."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Baruch Chapter 6"],"intro":["The epistle of Jeremias to the captives, as a preservative against","idolatry.","A copy of the epistle that Jeremias sent to them that were to be led","away captives into Babylon, by the king of Babylon, to declare to them","according to what was commanded him by God."],"contents":{"1":["For the sins that you have committed before God, you shall be","carried away captives into Babylon by Nabuchodonosor the king of","Babylon."],"2":["And when you are come into Babylon, you shall be there many years,","and for a long time, even to seven generations: and after that I will","bring you away from thence with peace."],"3":["But now, you shall see in Babylon gods of gold, and of silver, and","of stone, and of wood borne upon shoulders, causing fear to the","Gentiles."],"4":["Beware therefore that you imitate not the doings of others, and be","afraid, and the fear of them should seize upon you."],"5":["But when you see the multitude behind, and before, adoring them,","say you in your hearts: Thou oughtest to be adored, O Lord."],"6":["For my angel is with you: And I myself will demand an account of","your souls."],"7":["For their tongue that is polished by the craftsman, and themselves","laid over with gold and silver, are false things, and they cannot speak."],"8":["And as if it were for a maiden that loveth to go gay: so do they","take gold and make them up."],"9":["Their gods have golden crowns upon their heads: whereof the priests","secretly convey away from them gold, and silver, and bestow it on","themselves."],"10":["Yea and they give thereof to prostitutes, and they dress out","harlots: and again when they receive it of the harlots, they adorn their","gods."],"11":["And these gods cannot defend themselves from the rust, and the","moth."],"12":["But when they have covered them with a purple garment, they wipe","their face because of the dust of the house, which is very much among","them."],"13":["This holdeth a sceptre as a man, as a judge of the country, but","cannot put to death one that offendeth him."],"14":["And this hath in his hand a sword, or an axe, but cannot save","himself from war, or from robbers, whereby be it known to you, that they","are not gods."],"15":["Therefore fear them not. For as a vessel that a man uses when it","is broken becometh useless, even so are their gods:"],"16":["When they are placed in the house, their eyes are full of dust by","the feet of them that go in."],"17":["And as the gates are made sure on every side upon one that hath","offended the king, or like a dead man carried to the grave, so do the","priests secure the doors with bars and locks, lest they be stripped by","thieves."],"18":["They light candles to them, and in great number, of which they","cannot see one: but they are like beams in the house."],"19":["And they say that the creeping things which are of the earth, gnaw","their hearts, while they eat them and their garments, and they feel it","not."],"20":["Their faces are black with the smoke that is made in the house."],"21":["Owls, and swallows, and other birds fly upon their bodies, and","upon their heads, and cats in like manner."],"22":["Whereby you may know that they are no gods. Therefore fear them","not."],"23":["The gold also which they have, is for shew, but except a man wipe","off the rust, they will not shine: for neither when they were molten,","did they feel it."],"24":["Men buy them at a high price, whereas there is no breath in them."],"25":["And having not the use of feet they are carried upon shoulders,","declaring to men how vile they are. Be they confounded also that worship","them."],"26":["Therefore if they fall to the ground, they rise not up again of","themselves, nor if a man set them upright, will they stand by","themselves, but their gifts shall be set before them, as to the dead."],"27":["The things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and","abuse: in like manner also their wives take part of them, but give","nothing of it either to the sick, or to the poor."],"28":["The childbearing and menstruous women touch their sacrifices:","knowing, therefore, by these things that they are not gods, fear them","not."],"29":["For how can they be called gods? because women set offerings","before the gods of silver, and of gold, and of wood:"],"30":["And priests sit in their temples, having their garments rent, and","their heads and beards shaven, and nothing upon their heads."],"31":["And they roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast","when one is dead."],"32":["The priests take away their garments, and clothe their wives and","their children."],"33":["And whether it be evil that one doth unto them, or good, they are","not able to recompense it: neither can they set up a king, nor put him","down:"],"34":["In like manner they can neither give riches, nor requite evil. If","a man make a vow to them, and perform it not: they cannot require it."],"35":["They cannot deliver a man from death, nor save the weak from the","mighty."],"36":["They cannot restore the blind man to his sight: nor deliver a man","from distress."],"37":["They shall not pity the widow, nor do good to the fatherless."],"38":["Their gods, of wood, and of stone, and of gold, and of silver, are","like the stones that are hewn out of the mountains: and they that","worship them shall be confounded."],"39":["How then is it to be supposed, or to be said, that they are gods?"],"40":["Even the Chaldeans themselves dishonor them: who when they here of","one dumb that cannot speak, they present him to Bel, entreating him,","that he may speak."],"41":["As though they could be sensible that have no motion themselves:","and they, when they shall perceive this, will leave them: for their gods","themselves have no sense."],"42":["The women also, with cords about them, sit in the ways, burning","olive-stones."],"43":["And when any one of them, drawn away by some passenger, lieth with","him, she upbraideth her neighbor, that she was not thought as worthy as","herself, nor her cord broken."],"44":["But all things that are done about them, are false: how is it then","to be thought, or to be said, that they are gods?"],"45":["And they are made by workmen, and by goldsmiths. They shall be","nothing else but what the priests will have them to be."],"46":["For the artificers themselves that make them, are of no long","continuance. Can those things then that are made by them, be gods?"],"47":["But they have left false things and reproach to them that come","after."],"48":["For when war cometh upon them, or evils: the priests consult with","themselves, where they may hide themselves with them."],"49":["How then can they be thought to be gods, that can neither deliver","themselves from war, nor save themselves from evils?"],"50":["For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with","silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all","nations, and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but","the work of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them."],"51":["Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the","work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them?"],"52":["They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men."],"53":["They determine no causes, nor deliver countries from oppression:","because they can do nothing, and are as daws between heaven and earth."],"54":["For when fire shall fall upon the house of these gods of wood, and","of silver, and of gold, their priests indeed will flee away, and be","saved: but they themselves shall be burnt in the midst like beams."],"55":["And they cannot withstand a king and war. How then can it be","supposed, or admitted, that they are gods?"],"56":["Neither are these gods of wood, and of stone, and laid over with","gold, and with silver, able to deliver themselves from thieves or","robbers: they that are stronger than them,"],"57":["Shall take from them the gold, and silver, and the raiment","wherewith they are clothed, and shall go their way, neither shall they","help themselves."],"58":["Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power: or","else a profitable vessel in the house, with which the owner thereof will","be well satisfied: or a door in the house, to keep things safe that are","therein, than such false gods."],"59":["The sun, and the moon, and the stars being bright, and sent forth","for profitable uses, are obedient."],"60":["In like manner the lightning, when it breaketh forth, is easy to","be seen: and after the same manner the wind bloweth in every country."],"61":["And the clouds, when God commandeth them to go over the whole","world, do that which is commanded them."],"62":["The fire also being sent from above to consume mountains, and","woods, doth as it is commanded. But these neither in shew, nor in power,","are alike to any one of them."],"63":["Wherefore it is neither to be thought, nor to be said, that they","are gods: since they are neither able to judge causes, nor to do any","good to men."],"64":["Knowing, therefore, that they are not gods, fear them not."],"65":["For neither can they curse kings, nor bless them."],"66":["Neither do they shew signs in the heaven to the nations, nor shine","as the sun, nor give light as the moon."],"67":["Beasts are better than they, which can fly under a covert, and","help themselves."],"68":["Therefore there is no manner of appearance that they are gods: so","fear them not."],"69":["For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing, so","are their gods of wood, and of silver, and laid over with gold."],"70":["They are no better than a white thorn in a garden, upon which","every bird sitteth. In like manner also their gods of wood, and laid","over with gold, and with silver, are like to a dead body cast forth in","the dark."],"71":["By the purple also and the scarlet which are motheaten upon them,","you shall know that they are not gods. And they themselves at last are","consumed, and shall be a reproach in the country."],"72":["Better, therefore, is the just man that hath no idols: for he","shall be far from reproach."]},"footnotes":{"2":["Seven generations... That is, seventy years."],"56":["They that are stronger than them... That is, robbers and thieves are","stronger than these idols, being things without life or motion."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS"],"intro":["Colossa was a city of Phrygia, near Laodicea. It does not appear that","St. Paul had preached there himself, but that the Colossians were","converted by Epaphras, a disciple of the Apostles. However, as St. Paul","was the great Apostle of the Gentiles, he wrote this Epistle to the","Colossians when he was in prison, and about the same time that he wrote","to the Ephesians and Philippians. The exhortations and doctrine it","contains are similar to that which is set forth in his Epistle to the","Ephesians."],"contents":[{"title":["Colossians Chapter 1"],"intro":["He gives thanks for the grace bestowed upon the Colossians and prays for","them. Christ is the head of the church and the peacemaker through his","blood. Paul is his minister."],"contents":{"1":["Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy,","a brother:"],"2":["To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ Jesus who are at","Colossa."],"3":["Grace be to you and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord","Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus","Christ, praying always for you."],"4":["Hearing your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have","towards all the saints."],"5":["For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, which you have","heard in the word of the truth of the gospel,"],"6":["Which is come unto you, as also it is in the whole world and","bringeth forth fruit and groweth, even as it doth in you, since the day","you heard and knew the grace of God in truth."],"7":["As you learned of Epaphras, our most beloved fellow servant, who is","for you a faithful minister of Christ Jesus;"],"8":["Who also hath manifested your love in the spirit."],"9":["Therefore we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray","for you and to beg that you may be filled with the knowledge of his","will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding:"],"10":["That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being","fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God:"],"11":["Strengthened with all might according to the power of his glory,","in all patience and longsuffering with joy,"],"12":["Giving thanks to God the Father, who hath made us worthy to be","partakers of the lot of the saints in light:"],"13":["Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath","translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,"],"14":["In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of","sins:"],"15":["Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every","creature:"],"16":["For in him were all things created in heaven and on earth, visible","and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or","powers. All things were created by him and in him."],"17":["And he is before all: and by him all things consist."],"18":["And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning,","the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he may hold the primacy:"],"19":["Because in him, it hath well pleased the Father that all fulness","should dwell:"],"20":["And through him to reconcile all things unto himself, making peace","through the blood of his cross, both as to the things that are on earth","and the things that are in heaven."],"21":["And you, whereas you were some time alienated and enemies in mind","in evil works:"],"22":["Yet now he hath reconciled in the body of his flesh through death,","to present you holy and unspotted and blameless before him:"],"23":["If so ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and","immoveable from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, which is","preached in all the creation that is under heaven: whereof I Paul am","made a minister."],"24":["Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fill up those things","that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body,","which is the church:"],"25":["Whereof I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God,","which is given me towards you, that I may fulfil the word of God:"],"26":["The mystery which hath been hidden from ages and generations, but","now is manifested to his saints,"],"27":["To whom God would make known the riches of the glory of this","mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ, in you the hope of glory."],"28":["Whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in","all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus."],"29":["Wherein also I labour, striving according to his working which he","worketh in me in power."]},"footnotes":{"15":["The firstborn... That is, first begotten; as the Evangelist declares,","the only begotten of his Father: hence, St. Chrisostom explains","firstborn, not first created, as he was not created at all, but born of","his Father before all ages; that is, coeval with the Father and with the","Holy Ghost."],"24":["Wanting... There is no want in the sufferings of Christ in himself as","head: but many sufferings are still wanting, or are still to come, in","his body the church, and his members the faithful."]}},{"title":["Colossians Chapter 2"],"intro":["He warns them against the impostures of the philosophers and the Jewish","teachers, that would withdraw them from Christ."],"contents":{"1":["For I would have you know what manner of care I have for you and","for them that are at Laodicea and whosoever have not seen my face in the","flesh:"],"2":["That their hearts may be comforted, being instructed in charity and","unto all riches of fulness of understanding, unto the knowledge of the","mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus:"],"3":["In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."],"4":["Now this I say, that no man may deceive you by loftiness of words."],"5":["For though I be absent in body, yet in spirit I am with you,","rejoicing, and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith","which is in Christ."],"6":["As therefore you have received Jesus Christ the Lord, walk ye in","him:"],"7":["Rooted and built up in him and confirmed in the faith, as also you","have learned: abounding in him in thanksgiving."],"8":["Beware lest any man cheat you by philosophy and vain deceit:","according to the tradition of men according to the elements of the world","and not according to Christ."],"9":["For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally."],"10":["And you are filled in him, who is the head of all principality and","power."],"11":["In whom also you are circumcised with circumcision not made by","hand in despoiling of the body of the flesh: but in the circumcision of","Christ."],"12":["Buried with him in baptism: in whom also you are risen again by","the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him up from the dead."],"13":["And you, when you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of","your flesh, he hath quickened together with him, forgiving you all","offences:"],"14":["Blotting out the handwriting of the decree that was against us,","which was contrary to us. And he hath taken the same out of the way,","fastening it to the cross."],"15":["And despoiling the principalities and powers, he hath exposed them","confidently in open shew, triumphing over them in himself."],"16":["Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink or in respect","of a festival day or of the new moon or of the sabbaths,"],"17":["Which are a shadow of things to come: but the body is of Christ."],"18":["Let no man seduce you, willing in humility and religion of angels,","walking in the things which he hath not seen, in vain puffed up by the","sense of his flesh:"],"19":["And not holding the head, from which the whole body, by joints and","bands, being supplied with nourishment and compacted, groweth into the","increase of God."],"20":["If then you be dead with Christ from the elements of this world,","why do you yet decree as though living in the world?"],"21":["Touch not: taste not: handle not."],"22":["Which all are unto destruction by the very use, according to the","precepts and doctrines of men."],"23":["Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in superstition and","humility, and not sparing the body; not in any honour to the filling of","the flesh."]},"footnotes":{"16":["In meat, etc... He means with regard to the Jewish observations of the","distinction of clean and unclean meats; and of their festivals, new","moons, and sabbaths, as being no longer obligatory."],"18":["Willing, etc... That is, by a self willed, self invented, superstitious","worship, falsely pretending humility, but really proceeding from pride.","Such was the worship, that many of the philosophers (against whom St.","Paul speaks, ver. 8) paid to angels or demons, by sacrificing to them,","as carriers of intelligence betwixt God and men; pretending humility in","so doing, as if God was too great to be addressed by men; and setting","aside the mediatorship of Jesus Christ, who is the head both of angels","and men. Such also was the worship paid by the ancient heretics,","disciples of Simon and Menander, to the angels, whom they believed to be","makers and lords of this lower world. This is certain, that they whom","the apostle here condemns, did not hold the head, (ver. 19,) that is,","Jesus Christ, and his mediatorship; and therefore what he writes here no","way touches the Catholic doctrine and practice, of desiring our good","angels to pray to God for us, through Jesus Christ. St. Jerome [Epist.","ad Algas.] understands by the religion or service of angels, the Jewish","teachers, who sought to subject the new Christians to the observance of","the Mosaic law."],"21":["Touch not, etc... The meaning is, that Christians should not subject","themselves, either to the ordinances of the old law, forbidding touching","or tasting things unclean; or to the superstitious invention of","heretics, imposing such restraints, under pretence of wisdom, humility,","or mortification."]}},{"title":["Colossians Chapter 3"],"intro":["He exhorts them to put off the old man, and to put on the new.  The","duties of wives and husbands, children and servants."],"contents":{"1":["Therefore if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are","above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God."],"2":["Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the","earth."],"3":["For you are dead: and your life is hid with Christ in God."],"4":["When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall","appear with him in glory."],"5":["Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth:","fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence and covetousness,","which is the service of idols."],"6":["For which things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of","unbelief."],"7":["In which you also walked some time, when you lived in them."],"8":["But now put you also all away: anger, indignation, malice,","blasphemy, filthy speech out of your mouth."],"9":["Lie not one to another: stripping yourselves of the old man with","his deeds,"],"10":["And putting on the new, him who is renewed unto knowledge,","according to the image of him that created him."],"11":["Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor","uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all","and in all."],"12":["Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the","bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience:"],"13":["Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if any have a","complaint against another. Even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you","also."],"14":["But above all these things have charity, which is the bond of","perfection."],"15":["And let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also","you are called in one body: and be ye thankful."],"16":["Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly: in all wisdom,","teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual","canticles, singing in grace in your hearts to God."],"17":["All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of","the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by him."],"18":["Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord."],"19":["Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter towards them."],"20":["Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well","pleasing to the Lord."],"21":["Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be","discouraged."],"22":["Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh:","not serving to the eye, as pleasing men: but in simplicity of heart,","fearing God."],"23":["Whatsoever you do, do it from the heart, as to the Lord, and not","to men:"],"24":["Knowing that you shall receive of the Lord the reward of","inheritance. Serve ye the Lord Christ."],"25":["For he that doth wrong shall receive for that which he hath done","wrongfully. And there is no respect of persons with God."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Colossians Chapter 4"],"intro":["He recommends constant prayer and wisdom. Various salutations."],"contents":{"1":["Masters, do to your servants that which is just and equal: knowing","that you also have a master in heaven."],"2":["Be instant in prayer: watching in it with thanksgiving."],"3":["Praying withal for us also, that God may open unto us a door of","speech to speak the mystery of Christ (for which also I am bound):"],"4":["That I may make it manifest as I ought to speak."],"5":["Walk with wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time."],"6":["Let your speech be always in grace seasoned with salt: that you may","know how you ought to answer every man."],"7":["All the things that concern me, Tychicus, our dearest brother and","faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord, will make known to","you."],"8":["What I have sent to you for this same purpose, that he may know the","things that concern you and comfort your hearts:"],"9":["With Onesimus, a most beloved and faithful brother, who is one of","you. All things that are done here, they shall make known to you."],"10":["Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, saluteth you: and Mark, the","cousin german of Barnabas, touching whom you have received commandments.","If he come unto you, receive him."],"11":["And Jesus that is called Justus: who are of the circumcision.","These only are my helpers, in the kingdom of God: who have been a","comfort to me."],"12":["Epaphras saluteth you, who is one of you, a servant of Christ","Jesus, who is always solicitous for you in prayers, that you may stand","perfect and full in all the will of God."],"13":["For I bear him testimony that he hath much labour for you and for","them that are at Laodicea and them at Hierapolis."],"14":["Luke, the most dear physician, saluteth you: and Demas."],"15":["Salute the brethren who are at Laodicea: and Nymphas and the","church that is in his house."],"16":["And when this epistle shall have been read with you, cause that it","be read also in the church of the Laodiceans: and that you read that","which is of the Laodiceans."],"17":["And say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which thou hast","received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it."],"18":["The salutation of Paul with my own hand. Be mindful of my bands.","Grace be with you. Amen."]},"footnotes":{"16":["And that you read that which is of the Laodiceans... What this epistle","was is uncertain, and annotators have given different opinions","concerning it. Some expound these words of an epistle which St. Paul","wrote to the Laodiceans, and is since lost, for that now extant is no","more than a collection of sentences out of the other epistles of St.","Paul; therefore it cannot be considered even as a part of that epistle.","Others explain that the text means a letter sent to St. Paul by the","Laodiceans, which he sends to the Colossians to be read by them.","However, this opinion does not seem well founded. Hence it is more","probable that St. Paul wrote an epistle from Rome to the Laodiceans,","about the same time that he wrote to the Colossians, as he had them both","equally at heart, and that he ordered that epistle to be read by the","Colossians for their instructions; and being neighbouring cities, they","might communicate to each other what they had received from him; as one","epistle might contain some matters not related in the other, and would","be equally useful for their concern; and more particularly as they were","equally disturbed by intruders and false teachers, against which the","apostle was anxious to warn them, lest they should be infected by their","pernicious doctrine."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS"],"intro":["St. Paul, having planted the faithful in Corinth, where he had preached","a year and a half and converted a great many, went to Ephesus. After","being there three years, he wrote this first Epistle to the Corinthians","and sent it by the same persons, Stephanus, Fortunatus and Achaicus, who","had brought their letter to him. It was written about twenty-four years","after our Lord's Ascension and contains several matters appertaining to","faith and morals and also to ecclesiastical discipline."],"contents":[{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 1"],"intro":["He reproveth their dissensions about their teachers. The world was to be","saved by preaching of the cross, and not by human wisdom or eloquence."],"contents":{"1":["Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,","and Sosthenes a brother,"],"2":["To the church of God that is at Corinth, to them that are","sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that invoke","the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place of theirs and ours."],"3":["Grace to you and peace, from God our father and from the Lord Jesus","Christ."],"4":["I give thanks to my God always for you, for the grace of God that","is given you in Christ Jesus:"],"5":["That in all things you are made rich in him, in all utterance and","in all knowledge;"],"6":["As the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,"],"7":["So that nothing is wanting to you in any grace, waiting for the","manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ."],"8":["Who also will confirm you unto the end without crime, in the days","of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."],"9":["God is faithful: by whom you are called unto the fellowship of his","Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."],"10":["Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,","that you all speak the same thing and that there be no schisms among","you: but that you be perfect in the same mind and in the same judgment."],"11":["For it hath been signified unto me, my brethren, of you, by them","that are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you."],"12":["Now this I say, that every one of you saith: I indeed am of Paul;","and I am of Apollo; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ."],"13":["Is Christ divided? Was Paul then crucified for you? Or were you","baptized in the name of Paul?"],"14":["I give God thanks, that I baptized none of you but Crispus and","Caius:"],"15":["Lest any should say that you were baptized in my name."],"16":["And I baptized also the household of Stephanus. Besides, I know","not whether I baptized any other."],"17":["For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not","in wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made void."],"18":["For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is","foolishness: but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power","of God."],"19":["For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise: and the","prudence of the prudent I will reject."],"20":["Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of","this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?"],"21":["For, seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world, by wisdom, knew","not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of our preaching, to save","them that believe."],"22":["For both the Jews require signs: and the Greeks seek after wisdom."],"23":["But we preach Christ crucified: unto the Jews indeed a","stumblingblock, and unto the Gentiles foolishness:"],"24":["But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the","power of God and the wisdom of God."],"25":["For the foolishness of God is wiser than men: and the weakness of","God is stronger than men."],"26":["For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise","according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble."],"27":["But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may","confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen,","that he may confound the strong."],"28":["And the base things of the world and the things that are","contemptible, hath God chosen: and things that are not, that he might","bring to nought things that are:"],"29":["That no flesh should glory in his sight."],"30":["But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us","wisdom and justice and sanctification and redemption:"],"31":["That, as it is written: He that glorieth may glory in the Lord."]},"footnotes":{"25":["The foolishness, etc... That is to say, what appears foolish to the","world in the ways of God, is indeed most wise; and what appears weak is","indeed above all the strength and comprehension of man."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 2"],"intro":["His preaching was not in loftiness of words, but in spirit and power.","And the wisdom he taught was not to be understood by the worldly wise or","sensual man, but only by the spiritual man."],"contents":{"1":["And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not in loftiness of","speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of Christ."],"2":["For I judged not myself to know anything among you, but Jesus","Christ: and him crucified."],"3":["And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling."],"4":["And my speech and my preaching was not in the persuasive words of","human wisdom, but in shewing of the Spirit and power:"],"5":["That your faith might not stand on the wisdom of men, but on the","power of God."],"6":["Howbeit we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet not the wisdom of","this world, neither of the princes of this world that come to nought."],"7":["But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, a wisdom which is","hidden, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory:"],"8":["Which none of the princes of this world knew. For if they had known","it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory."],"9":["But, as it is written: That eye hath not seen, nor ear heard:","neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath","prepared for them that love him."],"10":["But to us God hath revealed them by his Spirit. For the Spirit","searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."],"11":["For what man knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man","that is in him? So the things also that are of God, no man knoweth, but","the Spirit of God."],"12":["Now, we have received not the spirit of this world, but the Spirit","that is of God: that we may know the things that are given us from God."],"13":["Which things also we speak: not in the learned words of human","wisdom, but in the doctrine of the Spirit, comparing spiritual things","with spiritual."],"14":["But the sensual man perceiveth not these things that are of the","Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him: and he cannot understand,","because it is spiritually examined."],"15":["But the spiritual man judgeth all things: and he himself is judged","of no man."],"16":["For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?","But we have the mind of Christ."]},"footnotes":{"14":["The sensual man--the spiritual man... The sensual man is either he who","is taken up with sensual pleasures, with carnal and worldly affections;","or he who measureth divine mysteries by natural reason, sense, and human","wisdom only. Now such a man has little or no notion of the things of","God. Whereas the spiritual man is he who, in the mysteries of religion,","takes not human sense for his guide: but submits his judgment to the","decisions of the church, which he is commanded to hear and obey. For","Christ hath promised to remain to the end of the world with his church,","and to direct her in all things by the Spirit of truth."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 3"],"intro":["They must not contend about their teachers, who are but God's ministers","and accountable to him. Their works shall be tried by fire."],"contents":{"1":["And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as","unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ."],"2":["I gave you milk to drink, not meat: for you were not able as yet.","But neither indeed are you now able: for you are yet carnal."],"3":["For, whereas there is among you envying and contention, are you not","carnal and walk you not according to man?"],"4":["For while one saith: I indeed am of Paul: and another: I am of","Apollo: are you not men? What then is Apollo and what is Paul?"],"5":["The ministers of him whom you have believed: and to every one as","the Lord hath given."],"6":["I have planted, Apollo watered: but God gave the increase."],"7":["Therefore, neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that","watereth: but God that giveth the increase."],"8":["Now he that planteth and he that watereth, are one. And every man","shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour."],"9":["For we are God's coadjutors. You are God's husbandry: you are God's","building."],"10":["According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise","architect, I have laid the foundation: and another buildeth thereon. But","let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon."],"11":["For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid: which","is Christ Jesus."],"12":["Now, if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious","stones, wood, hay, stubble:"],"13":["Every man's work shall be manifest. For the day of the Lord shall","declare it, because it shall be revealed in fire. And the fire shall try","every man's work, of what sort it is."],"14":["If any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall","receive a reward."],"15":["If any mans work burn, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall","be saved, yet so as by fire."],"16":["Know you not that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of","God dwelleth in you?"],"17":["But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy.","For the temple of God is holy, which you are."],"18":["Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seem to be wise","in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise."],"19":["For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is","written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness."],"20":["And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they","are vain."],"21":["Let no man therefore glory in men."],"22":["For all things are yours, whether it be Paul or Apollo or Cephas,","or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come.","For all are yours."],"23":["And you are Christ's. And Christ is God's."]},"footnotes":{"12":["Upon this foundation... The foundation is Christ and his doctrine: or","the true faith in him, working through charity. The building upon this","foundation gold, silver, and precious stones, signifies the more perfect","preaching and practice of the gospel; the wood, hay, and stubble, such","preaching as that of the Corinthian teachers (who affected the pomp of","words and human eloquence) and such practice as is mixed with much","imperfection, and many lesser sins. Now the day of the Lord, and his","fiery trial, (in the particular judgment immediately after death,) shall","make manifest of what sort every man's work has been: of which, during","this life, it is hard to make a judgment. For then the fire of God's","judgment shall try every man's work. And they, whose works, like wood,","hay, and stubble, cannot abide the fire, shall suffer loss; these works","being found to be of no value; yet they themselves, having built upon","the right foundation, (by living and dying in the true faith and in the","state of grace, though with some imperfection,) shall be saved yet so as","by fire; being liable to this punishment, by reason of the wood, hay,","and stubble, which was mixed with their building."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 4"],"intro":["God's ministers are not to be judged. He reprehends their boasting of","their preachers and describes the treatment the apostles every where met","with."],"contents":{"1":["Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and the","dispensers of the mysteries of God."],"2":["Here now it is required among the dispensers that a man be found","faithful."],"3":["But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you or by man's","day. But neither do I judge my own self."],"4":["For I am not conscious to myself of anything. Yet am I not hereby","justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord."],"5":["Therefore, judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both","will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest","the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise from","God."],"6":["But these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to","myself and to Apollo, for your sakes: that in us you may learn that one","be not puffed up against the other for another, above that which is","written."],"7":["For who distinguisheth thee? Or what hast thou that thou hast not","received, and if thou hast received, why dost thou glory, as if thou","hadst not received it?"],"8":["You are now full: you are now become rich: you reign without us;","and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you."],"9":["For I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it","were men appointed to death. We are made a spectacle to the world and to","angels and to men."],"10":["We are fools for Christs sake, but you are wise in Christ: we are","weak, but you are strong: you are honourable, but we without honour."],"11":["Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and","are buffeted and have no fixed abode."],"12":["And we labour, working with our own hands. We are reviled: and we","bless. We are persecuted: and we suffer it."],"13":["We are blasphemed: and we entreat. We are made as the refuse of","this world, the offscouring of all, even until now."],"14":["I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my","dearest children."],"15":["For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many","fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you."],"16":["Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me as I also am of","Christ."],"17":["For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my dearest son","and faithful in the Lord. Who will put you in mind of my ways, which are","in Christ Jesus: as I teach every where in every church."],"18":["As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up."],"19":["But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will: and will know,","not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power."],"20":["For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power."],"21":["What will you? Shall I come to you with a rod? Or in charity and","in the spirit of meekness?"]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 5"],"intro":["He excommunicates the incestuous adulterer and admonishes them to purge","out the old leaven."],"contents":{"1":["It is absolutely heard that there is fornication among you and such","fornication as the like is not among the heathens: that one should have","his father's wife."],"2":["And you are puffed up and have not rather mourned: that he might be","taken away from among you that hath done this thing."],"3":["I indeed, absent in body but present in spirit, have already","judged, as though I were present, him that hath so done,"],"4":["In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together","and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus:"],"5":["To deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,","that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."],"6":["Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven","corrupteth the whole lump?"],"7":["Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are","unleavened. For Christ our pasch is sacrificed."],"8":["Therefore, let us feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the","leaven of malice and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of","sincerity and truth."],"9":["I wrote to you in an epistle not to keep company with fornicators."],"10":["I mean not with the fornicators of this world or with the covetous","or the extortioners or the servers of idols: otherwise you must needs go","out of this world."],"11":["But now I have written to you, not to keep company, if any man","that is named a brother be a fornicator or covetous or a server of idols","or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner: with such a one, not so","much as to eat."],"12":["For what have I to do to judge them that are without? Do not you","judge them that are within?"],"13":["For them that are without, God will judge. Put away the evil one","from among yourselves."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 6"],"intro":["He blames them for going to law before unbelievers. Of sins that exclude","from the kingdom of heaven. The evil of fornication."],"contents":{"1":["Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to be judged","before the unjust: and not before the saints?"],"2":["Know you not that the saints shall judge this world? And if the","world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest","matters?"],"3":["Know you not that we shall judge angels? How much more things of","this world?"],"4":["If therefore you have judgments of things pertaining to this world,","set them to judge who are the most despised in the church."],"5":["I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not among you any one","wise man that is able to judge between his brethren?"],"6":["But brother goeth to law with brother: and that before unbelievers."],"7":["Already indeed there is plainly a fault among you, that you have","law suits one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? Why do you","not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?"],"8":["But you do wrong and defraud: and that to your brethren."],"9":["Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God?","Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers:"],"10":["Nor the effeminate nor liers with mankind nor thieves nor covetous","nor drunkards nor railers nor extortioners shall possess the kingdom of","God."],"11":["And such some of you were. But you are washed: but you are","sanctified: but you are justified: in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ","and the Spirit of our God."],"12":["All things are lawful to me: but all things are not expedient. All","things are lawful to me: but I will not be brought under the power of","any."],"13":["Meat for the belly and the belly for the meats: but God shall","destroy both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for","the Lord: and the Lord for the body."],"14":["Now God hath raised up the Lord and will raise us up also by his","power."],"15":["Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ?  Shall I","then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot?","God forbid!"],"16":["Or know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is made one","body? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh."],"17":["But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit."],"18":["Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth is without the body:","but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body."],"19":["Or know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy","Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own?"],"20":["For you are bought with a great price. Glorify and bear God in","your body."]},"footnotes":{"7":["A fault... Lawsuits can hardly ever be without a fault, on the one side","or the other; and oftentimes on both sides."],"12":["All things are lawful, etc... That is, all indifferent things are indeed","lawful, inasmuch as they are not prohibited; but oftentimes they are not","expedient; as in the case of lawsuits, etc. And much less would it be","expedient to be enslaved by an irregular affection to any thing, how","indifferent soever."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 7"],"intro":["Lessons relating to marriage and celibacy. Virginity is preferable to a","married state."],"contents":{"1":["Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a","man not to touch a woman."],"2":["But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife: and","let every woman have her own husband."],"3":["Let the husband render the debt to his wife: and the wife also in","like manner to the husband."],"4":["The wife hath not power of her own body: but the husband.  And in","like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body: but the","wife."],"5":["Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time,","that you may give yourselves to prayer: and return together again, lest","Satan tempt you for your incontinency."],"6":["But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment."],"7":["For I would that all men were even as myself. But every one hath","his proper gift from God: one after this manner, and another after that."],"8":["But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them","if they so continue, even as I."],"9":["But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is","better to marry than to be burnt."],"10":["But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that","the wife depart not from her husband."],"11":["And if she depart, that she remain unmarried or be reconciled to","her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife."],"12":["For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife","that believeth not and she consent to dwell with him: let him not put","her away."],"13":["And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not and he consent","to dwell with her: let her not put away her husband."],"14":["For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife:","and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband.","Otherwise your children should be unclean: but now they are holy."],"15":["But if the unbeliever depart, let him depart. For a brother or","sister is not under servitude in such cases. But God hath called us in","peace."],"16":["For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband?","Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?"],"17":["But as the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God hath called","every one: so let him walk. And so in all churches I teach."],"18":["Is any man called, being circumcised? Let him not procure","uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? Let him not be","circumcised."],"19":["Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing: but the","observance of the commandments of God."],"20":["Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called."],"21":["Wast thou called, being a bondman? Care not for it: but if thou","mayest be made free, use it rather."],"22":["For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman","of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of","Christ."],"23":["You are bought with a price: be not made the bondslaves of men."],"24":["Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with","God."],"25":["Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: but I","give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful."],"26":["I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity:","that it is good for a man so to be."],"27":["Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed","from a wife? Seek not a wife."],"28":["But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin","marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of","the flesh. But I spare you."],"29":["This therefore I say, brethren: The time is short. It remaineth,","that they also who have wives be as if they had none:"],"30":["And they that weep, as though they wept not: and they that","rejoice, as if they rejoiced not: and they that buy as if they possessed","not:"],"31":["And they that use this world, as if they used it not. For the","fashion of this world passeth away."],"32":["But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without","a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord: how he may","please God."],"33":["But he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the","world: how he may please his wife. And he is divided."],"34":["And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of","the Lord: that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that","is married thinketh on the things of the world: how she may please her","husband."],"35":["And this I speak for your profit, not to cast a snare upon you,","but for that which is decent and which may give you power to attend upon","the Lord, without impediment."],"36":["But if any man think that he seemeth dishonoured with regard to","his virgin, for that she is above the age, and it must so be: let him do","what he will. He sinneth not if she marry."],"37":["For he that hath determined, being steadfast in his heart, having","no necessity, but having power of his own will: and hath judged this in","his heart, to keep his virgin, doth well."],"38":["Therefore both he that giveth his virgin in marriage doth well:","and he that giveth her not doth better."],"39":["A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if","her husband die, she is at liberty. Let her marry to whom she will: only","in the Lord."],"40":["But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my","counsel. And I think that I also have the spirit of God."]},"footnotes":{"2":["Have his own wife... That is, keep to his wife, which he hath.  His","meaning is not to exhort the unmarried to marry: on the contrary, he","would have them rather continue as they are, (Ver.  7:8.) But he speaks","here to them that are already married; who must not depart from one","another, but live together as they ought to do in the marriage state."],"6":["By indulgence... That is, by a condescension to your weakness."],"9":["If they do not contain, etc... This is spoken of such as are free, and","not of such as, by vow, have given their first faith to God; to whom if","they will use proper means to obtain it, God will never refuse the gift","of continency. Some translators have corrupted this text, by rendering","it, if they cannot contain."],"12":["I speak, not the Lord... Viz., by any express commandment, or ordinance."],"14":["Is sanctified... The meaning is not, that the faith of the husband or","the wife is of itself sufficient to put the unbelieving party, or their","children, in the state of grace and salvation; but that it is very often","an occasion of their sanctification, by bringing them to the true faith."],"36":["Let him do what he will; he sinneth not, etc... The meaning is not, as","libertines would have it, that persons may do what they will and not","sin, provided they afterwards marry; but that the father, with regard to","the giving his virgin in marriage, may do as he pleaseth; and that it","will be no sin to him if she marry."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 8"],"intro":["Though an idol be nothing, yet things offered up to idols are not to be","eaten, for fear of scandal."],"contents":{"1":["Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols: we know","we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up: but charity edifieth."],"2":["And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet","known as he ought to know."],"3":["But if any man love God, the same is known by him."],"4":["But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an","idol is nothing in the world and that there is no God but one."],"5":["For although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on","earth (for there be gods many and lords many):"],"6":["Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things,","and we unto him: and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and","we by him."],"7":["But there is not knowledge in every one. For some until this","present, with conscience of the idol, eat as a thing sacrificed to an","idol: and their conscience, being weak, is defiled."],"8":["But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall","we have the more: nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less."],"9":["But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a","stumblingblock to the weak."],"10":["For if a man see him that hath knowledge sit at meat in the idol's","temple, shall not his conscience, being weak, be emboldened to eat those","things which are sacrificed to idols?"],"11":["And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom","Christ hath died?"],"12":["Now when you sin thus against the brethren and wound their weak","conscience, you sin against Christ."],"13":["Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will never eat flesh,","lest I should scandalize my brother."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Knowledge puffeth up, etc... Knowledge, without charity and humility,","serveth only to puff persons up."],"5":["Gods many, etc... Reputed for such among the heathens."],"13":["If meat scandalize... That is, if my eating cause my brother to sin."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 9"],"intro":["The apostle did not make use of his power of being maintained at the","charges of those to whom he preached, that he might give no hindrance to","the gospel. Of running in the race and striving for the mastery."],"contents":{"1":["Am I not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus","our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?"],"2":["And if unto others I be not an apostle, but yet to you I am.  For","you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord."],"3":["My defence with them that do examine me is this."],"4":["Have not we power to eat and to drink?"],"5":["Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister as well as the","rest of the apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas?"],"6":["Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this?"],"7":["Who serveth as a soldier, at any time, at his own charges?  Who","planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof?  Who feedeth","the flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock?"],"8":["Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also","say; these things?"],"9":["For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the","mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?"],"10":["Or doth he say this indeed for our sakes? For these things are","written for our sakes: that he that plougheth, should plough in hope and","he that thrasheth, in hope to receive fruit."],"11":["If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if","we reap your carnal things?"],"12":["If others be partakers of this power over you, why not we rather?","Nevertheless, we have not used this power: but we bear all things, lest","we should give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ."],"13":["Know you not that they who work in the holy place eat the things","that are of the holy place; and they that serve the altar partake with","the altar?"],"14":["So also the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel should","live by the gospel."],"15":["But I have used none of these things. Neither have I written these","things, that they should be so done unto me: for it is good for me to","die rather than that any man should make my glory void."],"16":["For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me: for a necessity","lieth upon me. For woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel."],"17":["For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against","my will, a dispensation is committed to me."],"18":["What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver","the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel."],"19":["For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of","all, that I might gain the more."],"20":["And I became to the Jews a Jew, that I might gain the Jews:"],"21":["To them that are under the law, as if I were under the law,","(whereas myself was not under the law,) that I might gain them that","were under the law. To them that were without the law, as if I were","without the law, (whereas I was not without the law of God, but was","in the law of Christ) that I might gain them that were without the law."],"22":["To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became","all things to all men, that I might save all."],"23":["And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be made","partaker thereof."],"24":["Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but","one receiveth the prize. So run that you may obtain."],"25":["And every one that striveth for the mastery refraineth himself","from all things. And they indeed that they may receive a corruptible","crown: but we an incorruptible one."],"26":["I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as","one beating the air."],"27":["But I chastise my body and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps,","when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway."]},"footnotes":{"5":["A woman, a sister... Some erroneous translators have corrupted this text","by rendering it, a sister, a wife: whereas, it is certain, St. Paul had","no wife (chap. 7 ver. 7, 8) and that he only speaks of such devout","women, as, according to the custom of the Jewish nation, waited upon the","preachers of the gospel, and supplied them with necessaries."],"16":["It is no glory... That is, I have nothing to glory of."],"27":["I chastise, etc... Here St. Paul shews the necessity of self-denial and","mortification, to subdue the flesh, and its inordinate desires."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 10"],"intro":["By the example of the Israelites, he shews that we are not to build too","much upon favours received but to avoid their sins and fly from the","service of idols and from things offered to idols."],"contents":{"1":["For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were","all under the cloud: and all passed through the sea."],"2":["And all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud and in the sea:"],"3":["And did all eat the same spiritual food:"],"4":["And all drank the same spiritual drink: (And they drank of the","spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.)"],"5":["But with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were","overthrown in the desert."],"6":["Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not","covet evil things, as they also coveted."],"7":["Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them, as it is written:","The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."],"8":["Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them that committed","fornication: and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand."],"9":["Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and perished","by the serpent."],"10":["Neither do you murmur, as some of them murmured and were","destroyed by the destroyer."],"11":["Now all these things happened to them in figure: and they are","written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come."],"12":["Wherefore, he that thinketh himself to stand, let him take heed","lest he fall."],"13":["Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human.  And","God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which","you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be","able to bear it."],"14":["Wherefore, my dearly beloved, fly from the service of idols."],"15":["I speak as to wise men: judge ye yourselves what I say."],"16":["The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the","communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it","not the partaking of the body of the Lord?"],"17":["For we, being many, are one bread, one body: all that partake of","one bread."],"18":["Behold Israel according to the flesh. Are not they that eat of","the sacrifices partakers of the altar?"],"19":["What then? Do I say that what is offered in sacrifice to idols is","any thing? Or that the idol is any thing?"],"20":["But the things which the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to","devils and not to God. And I would not that you should be made partakers","with devils."],"21":["You cannot drink the chalice of the Lord and the chalice of","devils: you cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord and of the","table of devils."],"22":["Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?  All","things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient."],"23":["All things are lawful for me: but all things do not edify."],"24":["Let no man seek his own, but that which is another's."],"25":["Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat: asking no question for","conscience' sake."],"26":["The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof."],"27":["If any of them that believe not, invite you, and you be willing","to go: eat of any thing that is set before you, asking no question for","conscience' sake."],"28":["But if any man say: This has been sacrificed to idols: do not eat","of it, for his sake that told it and for conscience' sake."],"29":["Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other's. For why is my","liberty judged by another man's conscience?"],"30":["If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of for that","for which I give thanks?"],"31":["Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do,","do all to the glory of God."],"32":["Be without offence to the Jew, and to the Gentiles and to the","church of God:"],"33":["As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that which is","profitable to myself but to many: that they may be saved."]},"footnotes":{"2":["In Moses... Under the conduct of Moses, they received baptism in figure,","by passing under the cloud, and through the sea; and they partook of the","body and blood of Christ in figure, by eating of the manna, (called here","a spiritual food because it was a figure of the true bread which comes","down from heaven,) and drinking the water, miraculously brought out of","the rock, called here a spiritual rock, because it was also a figure of","Christ."],"11":["The ends of the world... That is, the last ages."],"13":["Or... no temptation hath taken hold of you... or come upon you as yet,","but what is human, or incident to man. Issue... or a way to escape."],"16":["Which we bless... Here the apostle puts them in mind of their partaking","of the body and blood of Christ in the sacred mysteries, and becoming","thereby one mystical body with Christ.  From whence he infers, ver. 21,","that they who are made partakers with Christ, by the eucharistic","sacrifice and sacrament, must not be made partakers with devils by","eating of the meats sacrificed to them."],"17":["One bread... or, as it may be rendered, agreeably both to the Latin and","Greek, because the bread is one, all we, being many, are one body, who","partake of that one bread. For it is by our communicating with Christ,","and with one another, in this blessed sacrament, that we are formed into","one mystical body; and made, as it were, one bread, compounded of many","grains of corn, closely united together."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 11"],"intro":["Women must have a covering over their heads. He blameth the abuses of","their love feasts and upon that occasion treats of the Blessed","Sacrament."],"contents":{"1":["Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ."],"2":["Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of","me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you."],"3":["But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ:","and the head of the woman is the man: and the head of Christ is God."],"4":["Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraceth","his head."],"5":["But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered","disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven."],"6":["For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a","shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head."],"7":["The man indeed ought not to cover his head: because he is the","image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man."],"8":["For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man."],"9":["For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the","man."],"10":["Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because","of the angels."],"11":["But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman","without the man, in the Lord."],"12":["For as the woman is of the man, so also is the man by the woman:","but all things of God."],"13":["You yourselves judge. Doth it become a woman to pray unto God","uncovered?"],"14":["Doth not even nature itself teach you that a man indeed, if he","nourish his hair, it is a shame unto him?"],"15":["But if a woman nourish her hair, it is a glory to her; for her","hair is given to her for a covering."],"16":["But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom,","nor the Church of God."],"17":["Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together, not","for the better, but for the worse."],"18":["For first of all I hear that when you come together in the","church, there are schisms among you. And in part I believe it."],"19":["For there must be also heresies: that they also, who are approved","may be made manifest among you."],"20":["When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to","eat the Lord's supper."],"21":["For every one taketh before his own supper to eat. And one indeed","is hungry and another is drunk."],"22":["What, have you no houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye","the church of God and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say","to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you not."],"23":["For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto","you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took","bread,"],"24":["And giving thanks, broke and said: Take ye and eat: This is my","body, which shall be delivered for you. This do for the commemoration of","me."],"25":["In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying:","This chalice is the new testament in my blood. This do ye, as often as","you shall drink, for the commemoration of me."],"26":["For as often as you shall eat this bread and drink the chalice,","you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come."],"27":["Therefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice","of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of","the Lord."],"28":["But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread and","drink of the chalice."],"29":["For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh","judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord."],"30":["Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you: and many","sleep."],"31":["But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged."],"32":["But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we","be not condemned with this world."],"33":["Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for","one another."],"34":["If any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that you come not","together unto judgment. And the rest I will set in order, when I come."]},"footnotes":{"10":["A power... that is, a veil or covering, as a sign that she is under the","power of her husband: and this, the apostle adds, because of the angels,","who are present in the assemblies of the faithful."],"19":["There must be also heresies... By reason of the pride and perversity of","man's heart; not by God's will or appointment; who nevertheless draws","good out of this evil, manifesting, by that occasion, who are the good","and firm Christians, and making their faith more remarkable."],"20":["The Lord's supper... So the apostle here calls the charity feasts","observed by the primitive Christians; and reprehends the abuses of the","Corinthians, on these occasions; which were the more criminal, because","these feasts were accompanied with the celebrating of the eucharistic","sacrifice and sacrament."],"27":["Or drink... Here erroneous translators corrupted the text, by putting","and drink (contrary to the original) instead of or drink.","Guilty of the body, etc., not discerning the body, etc... This","demonstrates the real presence of the body and blood of Christ, even to","the unworthy communicant; who otherwise could not be guilty of the body","and blood of Christ, or justly condemned for not discerning the Lord's","body."],"28":["Drink of the chalice... This is not said by way of command, but by way","of allowance, viz., where and when it is agreeable to the practice and","discipline of the church."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 12"],"intro":["Of the diversity of spiritual gifts. The members of the mystical body,","like those of the natural body, must mutually cherish one another."],"contents":{"1":["Now concerning spiritual things, my brethren, I would not have you","ignorant."],"2":["You know that when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols,","according as you were led."],"3":["Wherefore, I give you to understand that no man, speaking by the","Spirit of God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And no man can say The Lord","Jesus, but by the Holy Ghost."],"4":["Now there are diversities of graces, but the same Spirit."],"5":["And there are diversities of ministries, but the same Lord."],"6":["And there are diversities of operations, but the same God, who","worketh all in all."],"7":["And the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man unto","profit."],"8":["To one indeed, by the Spirit, is given the word of wisdom: and to","another, the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:"],"9":["To another, faith in the same spirit: to another, the grace of","healing in one Spirit:"],"10":["To another the working of miracles: to another, prophecy: to","another, the discerning of spirits: to another, diverse kinds of","tongues: to another, interpretation of speeches."],"11":["But all these things, one and the same Spirit worketh, dividing","to every one according as he will."],"12":["For as the body is one and hath many members; and all the members","of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body: So also is Christ."],"13":["For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether","Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free: and in one Spirit we have all","been made to drink."],"14":["For the body also is not one member, but many."],"15":["If the foot should say: Because I am not the hand, I am not of","the body: Is it therefore not of the Body?"],"16":["And if the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of","the body: Is it therefore not of the body?"],"17":["If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing?  If","the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?"],"18":["But now God hath set the members, every one of them, in the body","as it hath pleased him."],"19":["And if they all were one member, where would be the body?"],"20":["But now there are many members indeed, yet one body."],"21":["And the eye cannot say to the hand: I need not thy help.  Nor","again the head to the feet: I have no need of you."],"22":["Yea, much more those that seem to be the more feeble members of","the body are more necessary."],"23":["And such as we think to be the less honourable members of the","body, about these we put more abundant honour: and those that are our","uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness."],"24":["But our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body","together, giving to that which wanted the more abundant honour."],"25":["That there might be no schism in the body: but the members might","be mutually careful one for another."],"26":["And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with","it: or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it."],"27":["Now you are the body of Christ and members of member."],"28":["And God indeed hath set some in the church; first apostles,","secondly prophets, thirdly doctors: after that miracles: then the graces","of healings, helps, governments, kinds of tongues, interpretations of","speeches."],"29":["Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all doctors?"],"30":["Are all workers of miracles? Have all the grace of healing?  Do","all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?"],"31":["But be zealous for the better gifts. And I shew unto you yet a","more excellent way."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 13"],"intro":["Charity is to be preferred before all gifts."],"contents":{"1":["If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not","charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."],"2":["And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries and","all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove","mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing."],"3":["And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I","should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth","me nothing."],"4":["Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not","perversely, is not puffed up,"],"5":["Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger,","thinketh no evil:"],"6":["Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth:"],"7":["Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things,","endureth all things."],"8":["Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void","or tongues shall cease or knowledge shall be destroyed."],"9":["For we know in part: and we prophesy in part."],"10":["But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part","shall be done away."],"11":["When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child,","I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of","a child."],"12":["We see now through a glass in a dark manner: but then face to","face. Now I know in part: but then I shall know even as I am known."],"13":["And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but","the greatest of these is charity."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 14"],"intro":["The gift of prophesying is to be preferred before that of speaking","strange tongues."],"contents":{"1":["Follow after charity, be zealous for spiritual gifts; but rather","that you may prophesy."],"2":["For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto","God: for no man heareth. Yet by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries."],"3":["But he that prophesieth speaketh to men unto edification and","exhortation and comfort."],"4":["He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself: but he that","prophesieth, edifieth the church."],"5":["And I would have you all to speak with tongues, but rather to","prophesy. For greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with","tongues: unless perhaps he interpret, that the church may receive","edification."],"6":["But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what","shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either in revelation or in","knowledge or in prophecy or in doctrine?"],"7":["Even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp,","except they give a distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is","piped or harped?"],"8":["For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare","himself to the battle?"],"9":["So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how","shall it be known what is said? For you shall be speaking into the air."],"10":["There are, for example, so many kinds of tongues in this world:","and none is without voice."],"11":["If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to","whom I speak a barbarian: and he that speaketh a barbarian to me."],"12":["So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to","abound unto the edifying of the church."],"13":["And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he","may interpret."],"14":["For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth: but my","understanding is without fruit."],"15":["What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, I will pray also","with the understanding, I will sing with the spirit, I will sing also","with the understanding."],"16":["Else, if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that","holdeth the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to thy blessing? Because","he knoweth not what thou sayest."],"17":["For thou indeed givest thanks well: but the other is not edified."],"18":["I thank my God I speak with all your tongues."],"19":["But in the church I had rather speak five words with my","understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words","in a tongue."],"20":["Brethren, do not become children in sense. But in malice be","children: and in sense be perfect."],"21":["In the law it is written: In other tongues and other lips I will","speak to this people: and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord."],"22":["Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers but to","unbelievers: but prophecies, not to unbelievers but to believers."],"23":["If therefore the whole church come together into one place, and","all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or infidels,","will they not say that you are mad?"],"24":["But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not or","an unlearned person, he is convinced of all: he is judged of all."],"25":["The secrets of his heart are made manifest. And so, falling down","on his face, he will adore God, affirming that God is among you indeed."],"26":["How is it then, brethren? When you come together, every one of","you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revelation, hath a tongue,","hath an interpretation: let all things be done to edification."],"27":["If any speak with a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by","three, and in course: and let one interpret."],"28":["But if there be no interpreter, let him hold his peace in the","church and speak to himself and to God."],"29":["And let the prophets speak, two or three: and let the rest","judge."],"30":["But if any thing be revealed to another sitting, let the first","hold his peace."],"31":["For you may all prophesy, one by one, that all may learn and all","may be exhorted."],"32":["And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets."],"33":["For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also I","teach in all the churches of the saints."],"34":["Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted","them to speak but to be subject, as also the law saith."],"35":["But if they would learn anything, let them ask their husbands at","home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church."],"36":["Or did the word of God come out from you? Or came it only unto","you?"],"37":["If any seem to be a prophet or spiritual, let him know the things","that I write to you, that they are the commandments of the Lord."],"38":["But if any man know not, he shall not be known."],"39":["Wherefore, brethren, be zealous to prophesy: and forbid not to","speak with tongues."],"40":["But let all things be done decently and according to order."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Prophesy... That is, declare or expound the mysteries of faith."],"2":["Not unto men... Viz., so as to be heard, that is, so as to be understood","by them."],"12":["Of spirits... Of spiritual gifts."],"16":["Amen... The unlearned, not knowing that you are then blessing, will not","be qualified to join with you by saying Amen to your blessing. The use","or abuse of strange tongues, of which the apostle here speaks, does not","regard the public liturgy of the church, (in which strange tongues were","never used,) but certain conferences of the faithful, ver. 26, etc., in","which, meeting together, they discovered to one another their various","miraculous gifts of the Spirit, common in those primitive times; amongst","which the apostle prefers that of prophesying before that of speaking","strange tongues, because it was more to the public edification. Where","also not, that the Latin, used in our liturgy, is so far from being a","strange or unknown tongue, that it is perhaps the best known tongue in","the world."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 15"],"intro":["Christ's resurrection and ours. The manner of our resurrection."],"contents":{"1":["Now I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I preached","to you, which also you have received and wherein you stand."],"2":["By which also you are saved, if you hold fast after what manner I","preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain."],"3":["For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how","that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:"],"4":["And that he was buried: and that he rose again according to the","scriptures:"],"5":["And that he was seen by Cephas, and after that by the eleven."],"6":["Then was he seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of","whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep."],"7":["After that, he was seen by James: then by all the apostles."],"8":["And last of all, he was seen also by me, as by one born out of due","tine."],"9":["For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called","an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God."],"10":["But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me hath","not been void: but I have laboured more abundantly than all they. Yet","not I, but the grace of God with me:"],"11":["For whether I or they, so we preach: and so you have believed."],"12":["Now if Christ be preached, that he arose again from the dead, how","do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?"],"13":["But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not","risen again."],"14":["And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain: and","your faith is also vain."],"15":["Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God: because we have","given testimony against God, that he hath raised up Christ, whom he hath","not raised up, if the dead rise not again."],"16":["For if the dead rise not again, neither is Christ risen again."],"17":["And if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain: for you are","yet in your sins."],"18":["Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ are perished."],"19":["If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men","most miserable."],"20":["But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them","that sleep:"],"21":["For by a man came death: and by a man the resurrection of the","dead."],"22":["And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made","alive."],"23":["But every one in his own order: the firstfruits, Christ: then","they that are of Christ, who have believed in his coming."],"24":["Afterwards the end: when he shall have delivered up the kingdom","to God and the Father: when he shall have brought to nought all","principality and power and virtue."],"25":["For he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his","feet."],"26":["And the enemy, death, shall be destroyed last: For he hath put","all things under his feet. And whereas he saith:"],"27":["All things are put under him; undoubtedly, he is excepted, who","put all things under him."],"28":["And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then the Son also","himself shall be subject unto him that put all things under him, that","God may be all in all."],"29":["Otherwise, what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if","the dead rise not again at all? Why are they then baptized for them?"],"30":["Why also are we in danger every hour?"],"31":["I die daily, I protest by your glory, brethren, which I have in","Christ Jesus our Lord."],"32":["If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth","it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us eat and drink, for to","morrow we shall die."],"33":["Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners."],"34":["Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of","God. I speak it to your shame."],"35":["But some man will say: How do the dead rise again? Or with what","manner of body shall they come?"],"36":["Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it","die first."],"37":["And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall","be: but bare grain, as of wheat, or of some of the rest."],"38":["But God giveth it a body as he will: and to every seed its proper","body."],"39":["All flesh is not the same flesh: but one is the flesh of men,","another of beasts, other of birds, another of fishes."],"40":["And there are bodies celestial and bodies terrestrial: but, one","is the glory of the celestial, and another of the terrestrial."],"41":["One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and","another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory."],"42":["So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in","corruption: it shall rise in incorruption."],"43":["It is sown in dishonour: it shall rise in glory. It is sown in","weakness: it shall rise in power."],"44":["It is sown a natural body: it shall rise a spiritual body.  If","there be a natural body, there is also a spiritual body, as it is","written:"],"45":["The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam","into a quickening spirit."],"46":["Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is","natural: afterwards that which is spiritual."],"47":["The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from","heaven, heavenly."],"48":["Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly: and such as is","the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly."],"49":["Therefore, as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear","also the image of the heavenly."],"50":["Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the","kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess incorruption."],"51":["Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall all indeed rise again: but","we shall not all be changed."],"52":["In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for","the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall rise again incorruptible. And","we shall be changed."],"53":["For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortal","must put on immortality."],"54":["And when this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to","pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory."],"55":["O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?"],"56":["Now the sting of death is sin: and the power of sin is the law."],"57":["But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our","Lord Jesus Christ."],"58":["Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable:","always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is","not in vain in the Lord."]},"footnotes":{"28":["The Son also himself shall be subject unto him... That is, the Son will","be subject to the Father, according to his human nature, even after the","general resurrection; and also the whole mystical body of Christ will be","entirely subject to God, obeying him in every thing."],"29":["That are baptized for the dead... Some think the apostle here alludes to","a ceremony then in use; but others, more probably, to the prayers and","penitential labours, performed by the primitive Christians for the souls","of the faithful departed; or to the baptism of afflictions and","sufferings undergone for sinners spiritually dead."],"32":["Let us eat and drink, etc... That is, if we did not believe that we were","to rise again from the dead, we might live like the impious and wicked,","who have no belief in the resurrection."]}},{"title":["1 Corinthians Chapter 16"],"intro":["Of collection of alms. Admonitions and salutations."],"contents":{"1":["Now concerning the collections that are made for the saints: as I","have given order to the churches of Galatia, so do ye also."],"2":["On the first day of the week, let every one of you put apart with","himself, laying up what it shall well please him: that when I come, the","collections be not then to be made."],"3":["And when I shall be with you, whomsoever you shall approve by","letters, them will I send to carry your grace to Jerusalem."],"4":["And if it be meet that I also go, they shall go with me."],"5":["Now I will come to you, when I shall have passed through","Macedonia. For I shall pass through Macedonia."],"6":["And with you perhaps I shall abide, or even spend the winter: that","you may bring me on my way whithersoever I shall go."],"7":["For I will not see you now by the way: for I trust that I shall","abide with you some time, if the Lord permit."],"8":["But I will tarry at Ephesus, until Pentecost."],"9":["For a great door and evident is opened unto me: and many","adversaries."],"10":["Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear: for he","worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do."],"11":["Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct ye him on his way","in peace, that he may come to me. For I look for him with the brethren."],"12":["And touching our brother Apollo, I give you to understand that I","much entreated him to come unto you with the brethren: and indeed it was","not his will at all to come at this time. But he will come when he shall","have leisure."],"13":["Watch ye: stand fast in the faith: do manfully and be","strengthened."],"14":["Let all your things be done in charity."],"15":["And I beseech you, brethren, you know the house of Stephanus, and","of Fortunatus, and of Achaicus, that they are the firstfruits of Achaia,","and have dedicated themselves to the ministry of the saints:"],"16":["That you also be subject to such and to every one that worketh","with us and laboureth."],"17":["And I rejoice in the presence of Stephanus and Fortunatus and","Achaicus: because that which was wanting on your part, they have","supplied."],"18":["For they have refreshed both my spirit and yours. Know them,","therefore, that are such."],"19":["The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you","much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house, with whom I","also lodge."],"20":["All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss."],"21":["The salutation of me Paul, with my own hand."],"22":["If any man love not our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema,","maranatha."],"23":["The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you."],"24":["My charity be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen."]},"footnotes":{"22":["Let him be anathema, maranatha... Anathema signifies here a thing","accursed. Maran-atha, which, according to St. Jerome and St. Chrysostom,","signify, `The Lord is come' already, and therefore is to be taken as an","admonition to those who doubted of the resurrection, and to put them in","mind that Christ, the judge of the living and the dead, is come already.","Others explain Maran-atha: `May our Lord come', that is, to judge and","punish those with exemplary judgments and punishments, that do not love","the Lord Jesus Christ."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS"],"intro":["In this Epistle St. Paul comforts those who are now reformed by his","admonitions to them in the former and absolves the incestuous man on","doing penance, whom he had before excommunicated for his crime. Hence he","treats of true penance and of the dignity of the ministers of the New","Testament. He cautions the faithful against false teachers and the","society of infidels. He gives an account of his sufferings and also of","the favours and graces which God hath bestowed on him. This second","Epistle was written in the same year with the first and sent by Titus","from some place in Macedonia."],"contents":[{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 1"],"intro":["He speaks of his troubles in Asia. His not coming to them was not out of","levity. The constancy and sincerity of his doctrine."],"contents":{"1":["Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy","our brother: to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the","saints that are in all Achaia:"],"2":["Grace unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord","Jesus Christ."],"3":["Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father","of mercies and the God of all comfort:"],"4":["Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we also may be able","to comfort them who are in all distress, by the exhortation wherewith we","also are exhorted by God."],"5":["For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us: so also by Christ","doth our comfort abound."],"6":["Now whether we be in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and","salvation: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation: or","whether we be exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which","worketh the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer."],"7":["That our hope for you may be steadfast: knowing that as you are","partakers of the sufferings, so shall you be also of the consolation."],"8":["For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation","which came to us in Asia: that we were pressed out of measure above our","strength, so that we were weary even of life."],"9":["But we had in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not","trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead."],"10":["Who hath delivered and doth deliver us out of so great dangers: in","whom we trust that he will yet also deliver us,"],"11":["You helping withal in prayer for us. That for this gift obtained","for us, by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many in our","behalf."],"12":["For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in","simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but","in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more","abundantly towards you."],"13":["For we write no other things to you than what you have read and","known. And I hope that you shall know unto the end."],"14":["As also you have known us in part, that we are your glory: as you","also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."],"15":["And in this confidence I had a mind to come to you before, that","you might have a second grace:"],"16":["And to pass by you into Macedonia: and again from Macedonia to","come to you, and by you to be brought on my way towards Judea."],"17":["Whereas then I was thus minded, did I use lightness? Or, the","things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that there","should be with me, It is, and It is not?"],"18":["But God is faithful: for our preaching which was to you, was not,","It is, and It is not."],"19":["For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by","us, by me and Sylvanus and Timothy, was not: It is and It is not. But,","It is, was in him."],"20":["For all the promises of God are in him, It is. Therefore also by","him, amen to God, unto our glory."],"21":["Now he that confirmeth us with you in Christ and that hath","anointed us, is God:"],"22":["Who also hath sealed us and given the pledge of the Spirit in our","hearts."],"23":["But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you, I came","not any more to Corinth: not because we exercise dominion over your","faith: but we are helpers of your joy. For in faith you stand."]},"footnotes":{"19":["It is, was in him... There was no inconstancy in the doctrine of the","apostles, sometimes, like modern sectaries, saying, It is, and at other","times saying, It is not. But their doctrine was ever the same, one","uniform yea, in Jesus Christ, one Amen, that is, one truth in him."]}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 2"],"intro":["He grants a pardon to the incestuous man upon his doing penance."],"contents":{"1":["But I determined this with myself, to come to you again in sorrow."],"2":["For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad,","but the same who is made sorrowful by me?"],"3":["And I wrote this same to you: that I may not, when I come, have","sorrow upon sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice: having","confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all."],"4":["For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you","with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you","might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you."],"5":["And if any one have caused grief, he hath not grieved me: but in","part, that I may not burden you all."],"6":["To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given","by many."],"7":["So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort","him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow."],"8":["Wherefore, I beseech you that you would confirm your charity","towards him."],"9":["For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of","you, whether you be obedient in all things."],"10":["And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have","pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in","the person of Christ:"],"11":["That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of","his devices."],"12":["And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ and a door","was opened unto me in the Lord,"],"13":["I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother:","but bidding them farewell, I went into Macedonia."],"14":["Now thanks be to God, who always maketh us to triumph in Christ","Jesus and manifesteth the odour of his knowledge by us in every place."],"15":["For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are","saved and in them that perish."],"16":["To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others","the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?"],"17":["For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God: but with","sincerity: but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak."]},"footnotes":{"10":["I also... The apostle here granted an indulgence, or pardon, in the","person and by the authority of Christ, to the incestuous Corinthian,","whom before he had put under penance, which pardon consisted in a","releasing of part of the temporal punishment due to his sin."],"16":["The odour of death, etc... The preaching of the apostle, which by its","fragrant odour, brought many to life, was to others, through their own","fault, the occasion of death; by their wilfully opposing and resisting","that divine call."]}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 3"],"intro":["He needs no commendatory letters. The glory of the ministry of the New","Testament."],"contents":{"1":["Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do)","epistles of commendation to you, or from you?"],"2":["You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read","by all men:"],"3":["Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by","us, and written: not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God: not","in tables of stone but in the fleshly tables of the heart."],"4":["And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God."],"5":["Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of","ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God."],"6":["Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in","the letter but in the spirit. For the letter killeth: but the spirit","quickeneth."],"7":["Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon","stones, was glorious (so that the children of Israel could not","steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance),","which is made void:"],"8":["How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?"],"9":["For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the","ministration of justice aboundeth in glory."],"10":["For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified by","reason of the glory that excelleth."],"11":["For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which","remaineth is in glory."],"12":["Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence."],"13":["And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of","Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made","void."],"14":["But their senses were made dull. 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We","are straitened: but are not destitute."],"9":["We suffer persecution: but are not forsaken. We are cast down: but","we perish not."],"10":["Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that","the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies."],"11":["For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake:","that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh."],"12":["So then death worketh in us: but life in you."],"13":["But having the same spirit of faith, as it is written: I believed,","for which cause I have spoken; we also believe. For which cause we speak","also:"],"14":["Knowing that he who raised up Jesus will raise us up also with","Jesus and place us with you."],"15":["For all things are for your sakes: that the grace, abounding","through many, may abound in thanksgiving unto the glory of God."],"16":["For which cause we faint not: but though our outward man is","corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."],"17":["For that which is at present momentary and light of our","tribulation worketh for us above measure, exceedingly an eternal weight","of glory."],"18":["While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things","which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal: but the","things which are not seen, are eternal."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 5"],"intro":["He is willing to leave his earthly mansion to be with the Lord.  His","charity to the Corinthians."],"contents":{"1":["For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved,","that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in","heaven."],"2":["For in this also we groan, desiring to be clothed upon with our","habitation that is from heaven."],"3":["Yet so that we be found clothed, not naked."],"4":["For we also, who are in this tabernacle, do groan, being burthened;","because we would not be unclothed, but clothed upon, that that which is","mortal may be swallowed up by life."],"5":["Now he that maketh us for this very thing is God, who hath given us","the pledge of the Spirit,"],"6":["Therefore having always confidence, knowing that while we are in","the body we are absent from the Lord."],"7":["(For we walk by faith and not by sight.)"],"8":["But we are confident and have a good will to be absent rather from","the body and to be present with the Lord."],"9":["And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him."],"10":["For we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ,","that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as","he hath done, whether it be good or evil."],"11":["Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we use persuasion to men:","but to God we are manifest. And I trust also that in your consciences we","are manifest."],"12":["We commend not ourselves again to you, but give you occasion to","glory in our behalf: that you may have somewhat to answer them who glory","in face, and not in heart."],"13":["For whether we be transported in mind, it is to God: or whether we","be sober, it is for you."],"14":["For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one","died for all, then all were dead."],"15":["And Christ died for all: that they also who live may not now live","to themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again."],"16":["Wherefore henceforth, we know no man according to the flesh.  And","if we have known Christ according to the flesh: but now we know him so","no longer."],"17":["If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed","away. Behold all things are made new."],"18":["But all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by","Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation."],"19":["For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself,","not imputing to them their sins. And he hath placed in us the word of","reconciliation."],"20":["For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting","by us, for Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God."],"21":["Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us: that we might be","made the justice of God in him."]},"footnotes":{"10":["The proper things of the body... In the particular judgment, immediately","after death, the soul is rewarded or punished according to what it has","done in the body."],"16":["We know no man according to the flesh... That is, we consider not any","man with regard to his nation, family, kindred, or other natural","qualities or advantages; but only with relation to Christ, and according","to the order of divine charity, in God, and for God. The apostle adds,","that even with respect to Christ himself, he now no longer considers him","according to the flesh, by taking a satisfaction in his being his","countryman; his affection being now purified from all such earthly","considerations."],"21":["Sin for us... That is, to be a sin offering, a victim for sin."]}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 6"],"intro":["He exhorts them to a correspondence with God's grace and not to","associate with unbelievers."],"contents":{"1":["And we helping do exhort you that you receive not the grace of God","in vain."],"2":["For he saith: In an accepted time have I heard thee and in the day","of salvation have I helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time:","behold, now is the day of salvation."],"3":["Giving no offence to any man, that our ministry be not blamed."],"4":["But in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God,","in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses,"],"5":["In stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labours, in watchings, in","fastings,"],"6":["In chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in sweetness, in the","Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned,"],"7":["In the word of truth, in the power of God: by the armour of justice","on the right hand and on the left:"],"8":["By honour and dishonour: by evil report and good report: as","deceivers and yet true: as unknown and yet known:"],"9":["As dying and behold we live: as chastised and not killed:"],"10":["As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing: as needy, yet enriching many:","as having nothing and possessing all things."],"11":["Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians: our heart is enlarged."],"12":["You are not straitened in us: but in your own bowels you are","straitened."],"13":["But having the same recompense (I speak as to my children): be you","also enlarged."],"14":["Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath","justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?"],"15":["And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the","faithful with the unbeliever?"],"16":["And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are","the temple of the living God: as God saith: I will dwell in them and","walk among them. And I will be their God: and they shall be my people."],"17":["Wherefore: Go out from among them and be ye separate, saith the","Lord, and touch not the unclean thing:"],"18":["And I will receive you. And will be a Father to you: and you shall","be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 7"],"intro":["The apostle's affection for the Corinthians. His comfort and joy on","their account."],"contents":{"1":["Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse","ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting","sanctification in the fear of God."],"2":["Receive us. We have injured no man: we have corrupted no man: we","have overreached no man."],"3":["I speak not this to your condemnation. For we have said before that","you are in our hearts: to die together and to live together."],"4":["Great is my confidence for you: great is my glorying for you.  I am","filled with comfort: I exceedingly abound with joy in all our","tribulation."],"5":["For also, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest:","but we suffered all tribulation. Combats without: fears within."],"6":["But God, who comforteth the humble, comforted us by the coming of","Titus."],"7":["And not by his coming only, but also by the consolation wherewith","he was comforted in you, relating to us your desire, your mourning, your","zeal for me: so that I rejoiced the more."],"8":["For although I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent.","And if I did repent, seeing that the same epistle (although but for a","time) did make you sorrowful,"],"9":["Now I am glad: not because you were made sorrowful, but because you","were made sorrowful unto penance. For you were made sorrowful according","to God, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing."],"10":["For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast","unto salvation: but the sorrow of the world worketh death."],"11":["For behold this selfsame thing, that you were made sorrowful","according to God, how great carefulness it worketh in you: yea defence,","yea indignation, yea fear, yea desire, yea zeal, yea revenge. In all","things you have shewed yourselves to be undefiled in the matter."],"12":["Wherefore although I wrote to you, it was not for his sake that","did the wrong, nor for him that suffered it: but to manifest our","carefulness that we have for you."],"13":["Before God: therefore we were comforted. But in our consolation we","did the more abundantly rejoice for the joy of Titus, because his spirit","was refreshed by you all."],"14":["And if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I have not been put","to shame: but as we have spoken all things to you in truth, so also our","boasting that was made to Titus is found a truth."],"15":["And his bowels are more abundantly towards you: remembering the","obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him."],"16":["I rejoice that in all things I have confidence in you."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 8"],"intro":["He exhorts them to contribute bountifully to relieve the poor of","Jerusalem."],"contents":{"1":["Now we make known unto you, brethren, the grace of God that hath","been given in the churches of Macedonia."],"2":["That in much experience of tribulation, they have had abundance of","joy and their very deep poverty hath abounded unto the riches of their","simplicity."],"3":["For according to their power (I bear them witness) and beyond their","power, they were willing:"],"4":["With much entreaty begging of us the grace and communication of the","ministry that is done toward the saints."],"5":["And not as we hoped: but they gave their own selves, first to the","Lord, then to us by the will of God;"],"6":["Insomuch, that we desired Titus, that, as he had begun, so also he","would finish among you this same grace."],"7":["That as in all things you abound in faith and word and knowledge","and all carefulness, moreover also in your charity towards us: so in","this grace also you may abound."],"8":["I speak not as commanding: but by the carefulness of others,","approving also the good disposition of your charity."],"9":["For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that being rich he","became poor for your sakes: that through his poverty you might be rich."],"10":["And herein I give my advice: for this is profitable for you who","have begun not only to do but also to be willing, a year ago."],"11":["Now therefore perform ye it also in deed: that as your mind is","forward to be willing, so it may be also to perform, out of that which","you have."],"12":["For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which","a man hath: not according to that which he hath not."],"13":["For I mean not that others should be eased and you burdened, but","by an equality."],"14":["In this present time let your abundance supply their want, that","their abundance also may supply your want: that there may be an","equality,"],"15":["As it is written: He that had much had nothing over; and he that","had little had no want."],"16":["And thanks be to God, who hath given the same carefulness for you","in the heart of Titus."],"17":["For indeed he accepted the exhortation: but, being more careful,","of his own will he went unto you."],"18":["We have sent also with him the brother whose praise is in the","gospel through all the churches."],"19":["And not that only: but he was also ordained by the churches","companion of our travels, for this grace, which is administered by us,","to the glory of the Lord and our determined will:"],"20":["Avoiding this, lest any man should blame us in this abundance","which is administered by us."],"21":["For we forecast what may be good, not only before God but also","before men."],"22":["And we have sent with them our brother also, whom we have often","proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent: with much","confidence in you,"],"23":["Either for Titus, who is my companion and fellow labourer towards","you, or our brethren, the apostles of the churches, the glory of Christ."],"24":["Wherefore shew ye to them, in the sight of the churches, the","evidence of your charity and of our boasting on your behalf."]},"footnotes":{"2":["Simplicity... That is, sincere bounty and charity."]}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 9"],"intro":["A further exhortation to almsgiving. The fruits of it."],"contents":{"1":["For concerning the ministry that is done towards the saints, it is","superfluous for me to write unto you."],"2":["For I know your forward mind: for which I boast of you to the","Macedonians, that Achaia also is ready from the year past. And your","emulation hath provoked very many."],"3":["Now I have sent the brethren, that the thing which we boast of","concerning you be not made void in this behalf, that (as I have said)","you may be ready:"],"4":["Lest, when the Macedonians shall come with me and find you","unprepared, we (not to say ye) should be ashamed in this matter."],"5":["Therefore I thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they","would go to you before and prepare this blessing before promised, to be","ready, so as a blessing, not as covetousness."],"6":["Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly:","and he who soweth in blessings shall also reap blessings."],"7":["Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness or","of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."],"8":["And God is able to make all grace abound in you: that ye always,","having all sufficiently in all things, may abound to every good work,"],"9":["As it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the","poor: his justice remaineth for ever."],"10":["And he that ministereth seed to the sower will both give you bread","to eat and will multiply your seed and increase the growth of the fruits","of your justice:"],"11":["That being enriched in all things, you may abound unto all","simplicity which worketh through us thanksgiving to God."],"12":["Because the administration of this office doth not only supply the","want of the saints, but aboundeth also by many thanksgivings in the","Lord."],"13":["By the proof of this ministry, glorifying God for the obedience of","your confession unto the gospel of Christ and for the simplicity of your","communicating unto them and unto all."],"14":["And in their praying for you, being desirous of you, because of","the excellent grace of God in you."],"15":["Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 10"],"intro":["To stop the calumny and boasting of false apostles, he set forth the","power of his apostleship."],"contents":{"1":["Now I Paul, myself beseech you, by the mildness and modesty of","Christ: who in presence indeed am lowly among you, but being absent am","bold toward you."],"2":["But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with","that confidence wherewith I am thought to be bold, against some who","reckon us as if we walked according to the flesh."],"3":["For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the","flesh."],"4":["For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty to God,","unto the pulling down of fortifications, destroying counsels,"],"5":["And every height that exalteth itself against the knowledge of","God: and bringing into captivity every understanding unto the obedience","of Christ:"],"6":["And having in readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your","obedience shall be fulfilled."],"7":["See the things that are according to outward appearance. If any","man trust to himself, that he is Christ's let him think this again with","himself, that as he is Christ's, so are we also."],"8":["For if also I should boast somewhat more of our power, which the","Lord hath given us unto edification and not for your destruction, I","should not be ashamed."],"9":["But that I may not be thought as it were to terrify you by","epistles,"],"10":["(For his epistles indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but","his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible):"],"11":["Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by","epistles when absent, such also we will be indeed when present."],"12":["For we dare not match or compare ourselves with some that commend","themselves: but we measure ourselves by ourselves and compare ourselves","with ourselves."],"13":["But we will not glory beyond our measure: but according to the","measure of the rule which God hath measured to us, a measure to reach","even unto you."],"14":["For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as if we reached","not unto you. For we are come as far as to you in the Gospel of Christ."],"15":["Not glorying beyond measure in other men's labours: but having","hope of your increasing faith, to be magnified in you according to our","rule abundantly."],"16":["Yea, unto those places that are beyond you to preach the gospel:","not to glory in another man's rule, in those things that are made ready","to our hand."],"17":["But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."],"18":["For not he who commendeth himself is approved: but he, whom God","commendeth."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 11"],"intro":["He is forced to commend himself and his labours, lest the Corinthians","should be imposed upon by the false apostles."],"contents":{"1":["Would to God you could bear with some little of my folly! But do","bear with me."],"2":["For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have","espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin","to Christ."],"3":["But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so","your minds should be corrupted and fall from the simplicity that is in","Christ."],"4":["For if he that cometh preacheth another Christ, whom we have not","preached; or if you receive another Spirit, whom you have not received;","or another gospel, which you have not received: you might well bear with","him."],"5":["For I suppose that I have done nothing less than the great","apostles."],"6":["For although I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge: but in all","things we have been made manifest to you."],"7":["Or did I commit a fault, humbling myself that you might be","exalted, because I preached unto you the Gospel of God freely?"],"8":["I have taken from other churches, receiving wages of them for your","ministry."],"9":["And, when I was present with you and wanted, I was chargeable to","no man: for that which was wanting to me, the brethren supplied who came","from Macedonia. And in all things I have kept myself from being","burthensome to you: and so I will keep myself."],"10":["The truth of Christ is in me, that this glorying shall not be","broken off in me in the regions of Achaia."],"11":["Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth it."],"12":["But what I do, that I will do: that I may cut off the occasion","from them that desire occasion: that wherein they glory, they may be","found even as we."],"13":["For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming","themselves into the apostles of Christ."],"14":["And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into an","angel of light."],"15":["Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as","the ministers of justice, whose end shall be according to their works."],"16":["I say again (Let no man think me to be foolish: otherwise take me","as one foolish, that I also may glory a little):"],"17":["That which I speak, I speak not according to God: but as it were","in foolishness, in this matter of glorying."],"18":["Seeing that many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also."],"19":["For you gladly suffer the foolish: whereas yourselves are wise."],"20":["For you suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour","you, if a man take from you, if a man be lifted up, if a man strike you","on the face."],"21":["I seek according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this","part. Wherein if any man dare (I speak foolishly), I dare also."],"22":["They are Hebrews: so am I. They are Israelites: so am I.  They","are the seed of Abraham: so am I."],"23":["They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as one less wise): I am","more; in many more labours, in prisons more frequently, in stripes above","measure, in deaths often."],"24":["Of the Jews five times did I receive forty stripes save one."],"25":["Thrice was I beaten with rods: once I was stoned: thrice I","suffered shipwreck: a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea."],"26":["In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers,","in perils from my own nation, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in","the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils","from false brethren:"],"27":["In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and","thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness:"],"28":["Besides those things which are without: my daily instance, the","solicitude for all the churches."],"29":["Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not","on fire?"],"30":["If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my","infirmity."],"31":["The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for","ever, knoweth that I lie not."],"32":["At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king,","guarded the city of the Damascenes, to apprehend me."],"33":["And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall: and","so escaped his hands."]},"footnotes":{"1":["My folly... So he calls his reciting his own praises, which, commonly","speaking is looked upon as a piece of folly and vanity; though the","apostle was constrained to do it, for the good of the souls committed to","his charge."],"28":["My daily instance... The labours that come in, and press upon me every","day."]}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 12"],"intro":["His raptures and revelations, His being buffeted by Satan. His fear for","the Corinthians."],"contents":{"1":["If I must glory (it is not expedient indeed) but I will come to","visions and revelations of the Lord."],"2":["I know a man in Christ: above fourteen years ago (whether in the","body, I know not, or out of the body, I know not: God knoweth), such a","one caught up to the third heaven."],"3":["And I know such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I","know not: God knoweth):"],"4":["That he was caught up into paradise and heard secret words which","it is not granted to man to utter."],"5":["For such an one I will glory: but for myself I will glory nothing","but in my infirmities."],"6":["For though I should have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish:","for I will say the truth. But I forbear, lest any man should think of me","above that which he seeth in me, or any thing he heareth from me."],"7":["And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there","was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me."],"8":["For which thing, thrice I besought the Lord that it might depart","from me."],"9":["And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is","made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my","infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me."],"10":["For which cause I please myself in my infirmities, in reproaches,","in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ. For when I","am weak, then am I powerful."],"11":["I am become foolish. You have compelled me: for I ought to have","been commended by you. For I have no way come short of them that are","above measure apostles, although I be nothing."],"12":["Yet the signs of my apostleship have been wrought on you, in all","patience, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds."],"13":["For what is there that you have had less than the other churches","but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury."],"14":["Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you and I will","not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours,","but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but","the parents for the children."],"15":["But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls:","although loving you more, I be loved less."],"16":["But be it so: I did not burthen you: but being crafty, I caught","you by guile."],"17":["Did I overreach you by any of them whom I sent to you?"],"18":["I desired Titus: and I sent with him a brother. Did Titus","overreach you? Did we not walk with the same spirit? Did we not in the","same steps?"],"19":["Of old, think you that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak","before God in Christ: but all things, my dearly beloved, for your","edification."],"20":["For I fear lest perhaps, when I come, I shall not find you such","as I would, and that I shall be found by you such as you would not. Lest","perhaps contentions, envyings, animosities, dissensions, detractions,","whisperings, swellings, seditions, be among you."],"21":["Lest again, when I come, God humble me among you: and I mourn","many of them that sinned before and have not done penance for the","uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness that they have committed."]},"footnotes":{"9":["Power is made perfect... The strength and power of God more perfectly","shines forth in our weakness and infirmity; as the more weak we are of","ourselves, the more illustrious is his grace in supporting us, and","giving us the victory under all trials and conflicts."]}},{"title":["2 Corinthians Chapter 13"],"intro":["He threatens the impenitent, to provoke them to penance."],"contents":{"1":["Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of","two or three witnesses shall every word stand."],"2":["I have told before and foretell, as present and now absent, to","them that sinned before and to all the rest, that if I come again, I","will not spare."],"3":["Do you seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me, who towards you","is not weak, but is mighty in you?"],"4":["For although he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by","the power of God. For we also are weak in him: but we shall live with","him by the power of God towards you."],"5":["Try your own selves if you be in the faith: prove ye yourselves.","Know you not your own selves, that Christ Jesus is in you, unless","perhaps you be reprobates?"],"6":["But I trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates."],"7":["Now we pray God that you may do no evil, not that we may appear","approved, but that you may do that which is good and that we may be as","reprobates."],"8":["For we can do nothing against the truth: but for the truth."],"9":["For we rejoice that we are weak and you are strong. This also we","pray for, your perfection."],"10":["Therefore I write these things, being absent, that, being","present, I may not deal more severely, according to the power which the","Lord hath given me unto edification and not unto destruction."],"11":["For the rest, brethren, rejoice, be perfect, take exhortation, be","of one mind, have peace. And the God of grace and of love shall be with","you."],"12":["Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the saints salute you."],"13":["The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the charity of God and the","communication of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen."]},"footnotes":{"7":["Reprobates... that is, without proof, by having no occasion of shewing","our power in punishing you."]}}]}

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+{"title":["ECCLESIASTES"],"intro":["This Book is called Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher, (in Hebrew,","Coheleth,) because in it, Solomon, as an excellent preacher, setteth","forth the vanity of the things of this world: to withdraw the hearts and","affections of men from such empty toys."],"contents":[{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 1"],"intro":["The vanity of all temporal things."],"contents":{"1":["The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem."],"2":["Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all","is vanity."],"3":["What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the","sun?"],"4":["One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the","earth standeth for ever."],"5":["The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and","there rising again,"],"6":["Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the","spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to","his circuits."],"7":["All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow:","unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again."],"8":["All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is","not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing."],"9":["What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it","that hath been done? the same that shall be done."],"10":["Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say:","Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that","were before us."],"11":["There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those","things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with","them that shall be in the latter end."],"12":["I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,"],"13":["And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning","all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God","given to the children of men, to be exercised therein."],"14":["I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all","is vanity, and vexation of spirit."],"15":["The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is","infinite."],"16":["I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and","have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my","mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned."],"17":["And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and","errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was","labour, and vexation of spirit,"],"18":["Because in much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that","addeth knowledge, addeth also labour."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 2"],"intro":["The vanity of pleasures, riches, and worldly labours."],"contents":{"1":["I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy","good things. And I saw that this also was vanity."],"2":["Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly","deceived?"],"3":["I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might","turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was","profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the","sun, all the days of their life."],"4":["I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,"],"5":["I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,"],"6":["And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the","young trees,"],"7":["I got me men-servants, and maid-servants, and had a great family: and","herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me","in Jerusalem:"],"8":["I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of","kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the","delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:"],"9":["And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my","wisdom also remained with me."],"10":["And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld","not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the","things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use","of my own labour."],"11":["And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had","wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all","things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under","the sun."],"12":["I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is","man, said I that he can follow the King his maker?)"],"13":["And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth","from darkness."],"14":["The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in","darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike."],"15":["And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be","one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study","of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was","vanity."],"16":["For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the","fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with","oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned."],"17":["And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things","under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit."],"18":["Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly","laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me,"],"19":["Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he","shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been","solicitous: and is there anything so vain?"],"20":["Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring anymore","under the sun."],"21":["For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and","carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also","is vanity, and a great evil."],"22":["For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation","of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun?"],"23":["All his days are full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night","he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?"],"24":["Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good","things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God."],"25":["Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?"],"26":["God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and","knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and","superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to","him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless","solicitude of the mind."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 3"],"intro":["All human things are liable to perpetual changes. We are to rest on","God's providence, and cast away fruitless cares."],"contents":{"1":["All things have their season, and in their times all things pass","under heaven."],"2":["A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to","pluck up that which is planted."],"3":["A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time","to build."],"4":["A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to","dance."],"5":["A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace,","and a time to be far from embraces."],"6":["A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to","cast away."],"7":["A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a","time to speak."],"8":["A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of","peace."],"9":["What hath man more of his labour?"],"10":["I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to","be exercised in it."],"11":["He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the","world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which","God hath made from the beginning to the end."],"12":["And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice,","and to do well in this life."],"13":["For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his","labour, this is the gift of God."],"14":["I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue","for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which","God hath made that he may be feared."],"15":["That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that","shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past."],"16":["I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in","the place of justice iniquity."],"17":["And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the","wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing."],"18":["I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would","prove them, and shew them to be like beasts."],"19":["Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the","condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all","things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things","are subject to vanity."],"20":["And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into","earth they return together."],"21":["Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward,","and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?"],"22":["And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice","in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to","know the things that shall be after him?"]},"footnotes":{"19":["Man hath nothing more, etc... Viz., as to the life of the body."],"21":["Who knoweth, etc... Viz., experimentally: since no one in this life can","see a spirit. But as to the spirit of the beasts, which is merely","animal, and become extinct by the death of the beast, who can tell the","manner it acts so as to give life and motion, and by death to descend","downward, that is, to be no more?"]}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 4"],"intro":["Other instances of human miseries."],"contents":{"1":["I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are","done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no","comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being","destitute of help from any."],"2":["And I praised the dead rather than the living:"],"3":["And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor","hath seen the evils that are done under the sun."],"4":["Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that","their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour: so in this","also there is vanity, and fruitless care."],"5":["The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh,","saying:"],"6":["Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour,","and vexation of mind."],"7":["Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:"],"8":["There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother,","and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with","riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and","defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous","vexation."],"9":["It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for","they have the advantage of their society:"],"10":["If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is","alone, for when he  falleth, he hath none to lift him up."],"11":["And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall","one alone be warmed?"],"12":["And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a","threefold cord is not easily broken."],"13":["Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old","and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter."],"14":["Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a","kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty."],"15":["I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second","young man, who shall rise up in his place."],"16":["The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite:","and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this","also is vanity, and vexation of spirit."],"17":["Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw","nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools,","who know not what evil they do."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 5"],"intro":["Caution in words. Vows are to be paid. Riches are often pernicious: the","moderate use of them is the gift of God."],"contents":{"1":["Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter","a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore","let thy words be few."],"2":["Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly."],"3":["If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an","unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast","vowed, pay it."],"4":["And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform","the things promised."],"5":["Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before","the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and","destroy all the works of thy hands."],"6":["Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words","without number: but do thou fear God."],"7":["If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent","judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this","matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others","still higher than these:"],"8":["Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject","to him."],"9":["A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that","loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity."],"10":["Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And","what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his","eyes?"],"11":["Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much:","but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep."],"12":["There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the","sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner."],"13":["For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a","son, who shall be in extremity of want."],"14":["As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return,","and shall take nothing away with him of his labour."],"15":["A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then","doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?"],"16":["All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares,","and in misery, and sorrow."],"17":["This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and","drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured","under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and","this is his portion."],"18":["And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and","hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to","rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God."],"19":["For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God","entertaineth his heart with delight."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 6"],"intro":["The misery of the covetous man."],"contents":{"1":["There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and","that frequent among men:"],"2":["A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and","his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give","him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity","and a great misery."],"3":["If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain","to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance,","and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely","born is better than he."],"4":["For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be","wholly forgotten."],"5":["He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:"],"6":["Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good","things: do not all make haste to one place?"],"7":["All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be","filled."],"8":["What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man,","but to go thither, where there is life?"],"9":["Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that","which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of","spirit."],"10":["He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known,","that he is a man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is","stronger than himself."],"11":["There are many words that have much vanity in disputing."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 7"],"intro":["Prescriptions against worldly vanities: mortification, patience, and","seeking wisdom."],"contents":{"1":["What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he","knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of","his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell","him what shall be after him under the sun?"],"2":["A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death","than the day of one's birth."],"3":["It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of","feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the","living thinketh what is to come."],"4":["Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the","countenance the mind of the offender is corrected."],"5":["The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of","fools where there is mirth."],"6":["It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by","the flattery of fools."],"7":["For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the","laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity."],"8":["Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of","his heart."],"9":["Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the","patient man than the presumptuous."],"10":["Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool."],"11":["Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were","better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish."],"12":["Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage","to them that see the sun."],"13":["For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning","and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth","them."],"14":["Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath","despised."],"15":["In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the","evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not","find against him any just complaint."],"16":["These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man","perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his","wickedness."],"17":["Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest","thou become stupid."],"18":["Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before","thy time."],"19":["It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him","withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing."],"20":["Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the","city."],"21":["For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth","not."],"22":["But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest","perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee."],"23":["For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil","of others."],"24":["I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise:","and it departed farther from me,"],"25":["Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?"],"26":["I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider,","and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool,","and the error of the imprudent:"],"27":["And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the","hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that","pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be","caught by her."],"28":["Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after","another, that I might find out the account,"],"29":["Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among","a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found."],"30":["Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath","entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man?","and who hath known the resolution of the word?"]},"footnotes":{"4":["Anger... That is, correction, or just wrath and zeal against evil."],"17":["Over just... Viz., By an excessive rigour in censuring the ways of God","in bearing with the wicked."],"18":["Be not overmuch wicked... That is, lest by the greatness of your sin you","leave no room for mercy."],"30":["Of the word... That is, of this obscure and difficult matter."]}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 8"],"intro":["True wisdom is to observe God's commandments. The ways of God are","unsearchable."],"contents":{"1":["The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty","will change his face."],"2":["I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath","of God."],"3":["Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an","evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:"],"4":["And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why","dost thou so?"],"5":["He that keepeth the commandment, shall find no evil. The heart of a","wiser man understandeth time and answer."],"6":["There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great","affliction for man:"],"7":["Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot","know by any messenger."],"8":["It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power","in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand,","neither shall wickedness save the wicked."],"9":["All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the","works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another","to his own hurt."],"10":["I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were","in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works:","but this also is vanity."],"11":["For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil,","the children of men commit evils without any fear."],"12":["But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be","borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that","fear God, who dread his face."],"13":["But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be","prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of","the Lord."],"14":["There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There","are just men to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of","the wicked: and there are wicked men, who are as secure as though they","had the deeds of the just: but this also I judge most vain."],"15":["Therefore I commended mirth, because there was no good for a man","under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry, and that he should","take nothing else with him of his labour in the days of his life, which","God hath given him under the sun."],"16":["And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the","distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night","take no sleep with their eyes."],"17":["And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of","God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek,","so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that","he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it."]},"footnotes":{"15":["No good for a man, etc... Some commentators think the wise man here","speaks in the person of the libertine: representing the objections of","these men against divine providence, and the inferences they draw from","thence, which he takes care afterwards to refute. But it may also be","said, that his meaning is to commend the moderate use of the goods of","this world, preferably to the cares and solicitudes of worldlings, their","attachment to vanity and curiosity, and presumptuously diving into the","unsearchable ways of divine providence."]}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 9"],"intro":["Man knows not certainty that he is in God's grace. After death no more","work or merit."],"contents":{"1":["All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might","carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their","works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be","worthy of love, or hatred:"],"2":["But all things are kept uncertain for the time to come, because all","things equally happen to the just and to the wicked, to the good and to","the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him that offereth victims,","and to him that despiseth sacrifices. As the good is, so also is the","sinner: as the perjured, so he also that sweareth truth."],"3":["This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the","sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of","the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they","live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell."],"4":["There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a","living dog is better than a dead lion."],"5":["For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing","more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is","forgotten."],"6":["Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy are all perished,","neither have they any part in this world, and in the work that is done","under the sun."],"7":["Go then, and eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with","gladness: because thy works please God."],"8":["At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from","thy head."],"9":["Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy","unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of","thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith","thou labourest under the sun."],"10":["Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither","work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither","thou art hastening."],"11":["I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the","race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the","wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and","chance in all."],"12":["Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the","hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the","evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them."],"13":["This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to","be very great:"],"14":["A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great","king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege","was perfect."],"15":["Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered","the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man."],"16":["And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the","wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?"],"17":["The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a","prince among fools."],"18":["Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in","one, shall lose many good things."]},"footnotes":{"5":["Know nothing more... Viz., as to the transactions of this world, in","which they have now no part, unless it be revealed to them; neither have","they any knowledge or power now of doing any thing to secure their","eternal state, (if they have not taken care of it in their lifetime:)","nor can they now procure themselves any good, as the living always may","do, by the grace of God."]}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 10"],"intro":["Observations on wisdom and folly, ambition and detraction."],"contents":{"1":["Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory","is more precious than a small and shortlived folly."],"2":["The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a","fool is in his left hand."],"3":["Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas he himself","is a fool, esteemeth all men fools."],"4":["If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not","thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease."],"5":["There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an","error proceeding from the face of the prince:"],"6":["A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath."],"7":["I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the","ground as servants."],"8":["He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a","hedge, a serpent shall bite him."],"9":["He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that","cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them."],"10":["If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt,","with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow","wisdom."],"11":["If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that","backbiteth secretly."],"12":["The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a","fool shall throw him down headlong."],"13":["The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a","mischievous error."],"14":["A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before","him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?"],"15":["The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not how to go to","the city."],"16":["Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the","princes eat in the morning."],"17":["Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat","in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness."],"18":["By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the","weakness of hands, the house shall drop through."],"19":["For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast:","and all things obey money."],"20":["Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil","of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the","air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou","hast said."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 11"],"intro":["Exhortation to works of mercy, while we have time, to diligence in good,","and to the remembrance of death and judgment."],"contents":{"1":["Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou","shalt find it again."],"2":["Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not","what evil shall be upon the earth."],"3":["If the clouds be full, they will pour out rain upon the earth. 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The state of the soul is unchangeable when once","she comes to heaven or hell: and a soul that departs this life in the","state of grace, shall never fall from grace: as on the other side, a","soul that dies out of the state of grace, shall never come to it. But","this does not exclude a place of temporal punishments for such souls as","die in the state of grace: yet not so as to be entirely pure: and","therefore they shall be saved, indeed, yet so as by fire. 1 Cor. 3.13,","14, 15."]}},{"title":["Ecclesiastes Chapter 12"],"intro":["The Creator is to be remembered in the days of our youth: all worldly","things are vain: we should fear God and keep his commandments."],"contents":{"1":["Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of","affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They","please me not:"],"2":["Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be","darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:"],"3":["When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men","shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and","they that look through the holes shall be darkened:"],"4":["And they shall shut the doors in the street, when the grinder's","voice shall be low, and they shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and","all the daughters of music shall grow deaf."],"5":["And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the","way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and","the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house","of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street."],"6":["Before the silver cord be broken, and the golden fillet shrink","back, and the pitcher be crushed at the fountain, and the wheel be","broken upon the cistern,"],"7":["And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the","spirit return to God, who gave it."],"8":["Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity."],"9":["And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and","declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many","parables."],"10":["He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full","of truth."],"11":["The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened","in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd."],"12":["More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there","is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh."],"13":["Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear","God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:"],"14":["And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for","every error, whether it be good or evil."]},"footnotes":{"2":["Before the sun, etc... That is, before old age: the effects of which","upon all the senses and faculties are described in the following verses,","under a variety of figures."],"13":["All man... The whole business and duty of man."],"14":["Error... Or, hidden and secret thing."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE EPHESIANS"],"intro":["Ephesus was the capital of Lesser Asia, and celebrated for the temple of","Diana, to which the most part of the people of the East went frequently","to worship. But St. Paul having preached the Gospel there, for two years","the first time and afterwards for about a year, converted many. He wrote","this Epistle to them when he was a prisoner in Rome; and sent it by","Tychicus. He admonishes them to hold firmly the faith which they had","received and warns them, and also those of the neighbouring cities,","against the sophistry of philosophers and doctrine of false teachers who","were come among them. The matters of faith contained in this Epistle are","exceedingly sublime, and consequently very difficult to be understood.","It was written about twenty-nine years after our Lord's Ascension."],"contents":[{"title":["Ephesians Chapter 1"],"intro":["The great blessings we have received through Christ. He is the head of","all the church."],"contents":{"1":["Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to all the","saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus."],"2":["Grace be to you and peace, from God the Father and from the Lord","Jesus Christ."],"3":["Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath","blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:"],"4":["As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we","should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity."],"5":["Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through","Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:"],"6":["Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced","us, in his beloved son."],"7":["In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of","sins, according to the riches of his, grace,"],"8":["Which hath superabounded in us, in all wisdom and prudence,"],"9":["That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according","to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him,"],"10":["In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all","things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him."],"11":["In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according","to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of","his will."],"12":["That we may be unto the praise of his glory: we who before hoped","in Christ:"],"13":["In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth (the","gospel of your salvation), in whom also believing, you were signed with","the holy Spirit of promise."],"14":["Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of","acquisition, unto the praise of his glory."],"15":["Wherefore, I also, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus","and of your love towards all the saints,"],"16":["Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in","my prayers,"],"17":["That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may","give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge","of him:"],"18":["The eyes of your heart enlightened that you may know what the hope","is of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his","inheritance in the saints."],"19":["And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who","believe according to the operation of the might of his power,"],"20":["Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead and","setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places."],"21":["Above all principality and power and virtue and dominion and every","name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to","come."],"22":["And he hath subjected all things under his feet and hath made him","head over all the church,"],"23":["Which is his body and the fulness of him who is filled all in all."]},"footnotes":{"3":["In heavenly places... or, in heavenly things. In coelestibus."],"14":["Acquisition... that is, a purchased possession."]}},{"title":["Ephesians Chapter 2"],"intro":["All our good comes through Christ. He is our peace."],"contents":{"1":["And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins,"],"2":["Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this","world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit","that now worketh on the children of unbelief:"],"3":["In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our","flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by","nature children of wrath, even as the rest:"],"4":["But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith","he loved us"],"5":["Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in","Christ (by whose grace you are saved)"],"6":["And hath raised us up together and hath made us sit together in the","heavenly places, through Christ Jesus."],"7":["That he might shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his","grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus."],"8":["For by grace you are saved through faith: and that not of","yourselves, for it is the gift of God."],"9":["Not of works, that no man may glory."],"10":["For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works,","which God hath prepared that we should walk in them."],"11":["For which cause be mindful that you, being heretofore gentiles is","the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called","circumcision in the flesh, made by hands:"],"12":["That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the","conversation of Israel and strangers to the testament, having no hope of","the promise and without God in this world."],"13":["But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are","made nigh by the blood of Christ."],"14":["For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the","middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh:"],"15":["Making void the law of commandments contained in decrees: that he","might make the two in himself into one new man, making peace."],"16":["And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing","the enmities in himself."],"17":["And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off: and peace","to them that were nigh."],"18":["For by him we have access both in one Spirit to the Father."],"19":["Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners: but you","are fellow citizens with the saints and the domestics of God,"],"20":["Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus","Christ himself being the chief corner stone:"],"21":["In whom all the building, being framed together, groweth up into","an holy temple in the Lord."],"22":["In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in","the Spirit."]},"footnotes":{"9":["Not of works... as of our own growth, or from ourselves; but as from the","grace of God."]}},{"title":["Ephesians Chapter 3"],"intro":["The mystery hidden from former ages was discovered to the apostle, to be","imparted to the Gentiles. He prays that they may be strengthened in God."],"contents":{"1":["For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you","Gentiles:"],"2":["If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which","is given me towards you:"],"3":["How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known","to me, as I have written above in a few words:"],"4":["As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of","Christ,"],"5":["Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it","is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit:"],"6":["That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body: and","copartners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel"],"7":["Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace","of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power."],"8":["To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach","among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ:"],"9":["And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the","dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God","who created all things:"],"10":["That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the","principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,"],"11":["According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our","Lord:"],"12":["In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith","of him."],"13":["Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you,","which is your glory."],"14":["For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus","Christ,"],"15":["Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named:"],"16":["That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to","be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man:"],"17":["That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted","and founded in charity,"],"18":["You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the","breadth and length and height and depth,"],"19":["To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all","knowledge: that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God."],"20":["Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we","desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us:"],"21":["To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, unto all","generations, world without end. 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Amen."]},"footnotes":{"12":["High places, or heavenly places... That is to say, in the air, the","lowest of the celestial regions; in which God permits these wicked","spirits or fallen angels to wander."],"24":["In incorruption... That is, with a pure and perfect love."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE FIRST BOOK OF ESDRAS"],"intro":["This Book taketh its name from the writer: who was a holy priest, and","doctor of the law. He is called by the Hebrews, Ezra."],"contents":[{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 1"],"intro":["Cyrus king of Persia releaseth God's people from their captivity, with","license to return and build the temple in Jerusalem: and restoreth the","holy vessels which Nabuchodonosor had taken from thence."],"contents":{"1":["In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of","the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred","up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation","throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying:"],"2":["Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven","hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me","to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea."],"3":["Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him. Let","him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judea, and build the house of the","Lord the God of Israel: he is the God that is in Jerusalem."],"4":["And let all the rest in all places wheresoever they dwell, help him","every man from his place, with silver and gold, and goods, and cattle,","besides that which they offer freely to the temple of God, which is in","Jerusalem."],"5":["Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Juda and Benjamin, and the","priests, and Levites, and every one whose spirit God had raised up, to","go up to build the temple of the Lord, which was in Jerusalem."],"6":["And all they that were round about, helped their hands with vessels","of silver, and gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with furniture,","besides what they had offered on their own accord."],"7":["And king Cyrus brought forth vessels of the temple of the Lord,","which Nabuchodonosor had taken from Jerusalem, and had put them in the","temple of his god."],"8":["Now Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of","Mithridates the son of Gazabar, and numbered them to Sassabasar the","prince of Juda."],"9":["And this is the number of them: thirty bowls of gold, a thousand","bowls of silver, nine and twenty knives, thirty cups of gold,"],"10":["Silver cups of a second sort, four hundred and ten: other vessels","a thousand."],"11":["All the vessels of gold and silver, five thousand four hundred:","all these Sassabasar brought with them that came up from the captivity","of Babylon to Jerusalem."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 2"],"intro":["The number of them that returned to Judea: their oblations."],"contents":{"1":["Now these are the children of the province, that went out of the","captivity, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away to","Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Juda, every man to his city."],"2":["Who came with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia,","Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehum, Baana. The number of the men","of the people of Israel:"],"3":["The children of Pharos two thousand one hundred seventy-two."],"4":["The children of Sephatia, three hundred seventy-two."],"5":["The children of Area, seven hundred seventy-five."],"6":["The children of Phahath Moab, of the children of Josue: Joab, Two","thousand eight hundred twelve."],"7":["The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four."],"8":["The children of Zethua, nine hundred forty-five."],"9":["The children of Zachai, seven hundred sixty."],"10":["The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two."],"11":["The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three."],"12":["The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty-two."],"13":["The children of Adonicam, six hundred sixty-six."],"14":["The children of Beguai, two thousand fifty-six."],"15":["The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four."],"16":["The children of Ather, who were of Ezechias, ninety-eight."],"17":["The children of Besai, three hundred and twenty-three."],"18":["The children of Jora, a hundred and twelve."],"19":["The children of Hasum, two hundred twenty-three."],"20":["The children of Gebbar, ninety-five."],"21":["The children of Bethlehem, a hundred twenty-three."],"22":["The men of Netupha, fifty-six."],"23":["The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty-eight."],"24":["The children of Azmaveth, forty-two."],"25":["The children of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Beroth, seven hundred","forty-three."],"26":["The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred twenty-one."],"27":["The men of Machmas, a hundred twenty-two."],"28":["The men of Bethel and Hai, two hundred twenty-three."],"29":["The children of Nebo, fifty-two."],"30":["The children of Megbis, a hundred fifty-six."],"31":["The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-five."],"32":["The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty."],"33":["The children of Lod, Hadid and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five."],"34":["The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five."],"35":["The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred thirty."],"36":["The priests: the children of Jadaia of the house of Josue, nine","hundred seventy-three."],"37":["The children of Emmer, a thousand fifty-two."],"38":["The children of Pheshur, a thousand two hundred forty-seven."],"39":["The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen."],"40":["The Levites: the children of Josue and of Cedmihel, the children","of Odovia, seventy-four."],"41":["The singing men: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty-eight."],"42":["The children of the porters: the children of Sellum, the children","of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Accub, the children of","Hatita, the children of Sobai: in all a hundred thirty-nine."],"43":["The Nathinites: the children of Siha, the children of Hasupha, the","children of Tabbaoth,"],"44":["The children of Ceros, the children of Sia, the children of","Phadon,"],"45":["The children of Lebana, the children of Hegaba, the children of","Accub,"],"46":["The children of Hagab, the children of Semlai, the children of","Hanan,"],"47":["The children of Gaddel, the children of Gaher, the children of","Raaia,"],"48":["The children of Rasin, the children of Necoda, the children of","Gazam,"],"49":["The children of Asa, the children of Phasea, the children of","Besee,"],"50":["The children of Asena, the children of Munim, the children of","Nephusim,"],"51":["The children of Bacbuc, the children of Hacupha, the children of","Harhur,"],"52":["The children of Besluth, the children of Mahida, the children of","Harsa,"],"53":["The children of Bercos, the children of Sisara, the children of","Thema,"],"54":["The children of Nasia, the children of Hatipha,"],"55":["The children of the servants of Solomon, the children of Sotai,","the children of Sopheret, the children of Pharuda,"],"56":["The children of Jala, the children of Dercon, the children of","Geddel,"],"57":["The children of Saphatia, the children of Hatil, the children of","Phochereth, which were of Asebaim, the children of Ami,"],"58":["All the Nathinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon,","three hundred ninety-two."],"59":["And these are they that came up from Thelmela, Thelharsa, Cherub,","and Adon, and Emer. And they could not shew the house of their fathers","and their seed, whether they were of Israel."],"60":["The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of","Necoda, six hundred fifty-two."],"61":["And of the children of the priests: the children of Hobia, the","children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the","daughters of Berzellai, the Galaadite, and was called by their name:"],"62":["These sought the writing of their genealogy, and found it not, and","they were cast out of the priesthood."],"63":["And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy","of holies, till there arose a priest learned and perfect."],"64":["All the multitudes as one man, were forty-two thousand three","hundred and sixty:"],"65":["Besides their men-servants, and women-servants, of whom there were","seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven: and among them singing","men, and singing women two hundred."],"66":["Their horses seven hundred thirty-six, their mules two hundred","forty-five,"],"67":["Their camels four hundred thirty-five, their asses six thousand","seven hundred and twenty."],"68":["And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the temple","of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem, offered freely to the house of the","Lord to build it in its place."],"69":["According to their ability, they gave towards the expenses of the","work, sixty-one thousand solids of gold, five thousand pounds of silver,","and a hundred garments for the priests."],"70":["So the priests and the Levites, and some of the people, and the","singing men, and the porters, and the Nathinites dwelt in their cities,","and all Israel in their cities."]},"footnotes":{"64":["Forty-two thousand, etc... Those who are reckoned up above of the tribes","of Juda, Benjamin, and Levi, fall short of this number.  The rest, who","must be taken in to make up the whole sum, were of the other tribes."]}},{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 3"],"intro":["An altar is built for sacrifice, the feast of tabernacles is solemnly","celebrated, and the foundations of the temple are laid."],"contents":{"1":["And now the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were","in their cities: and the people gathered themselves together as one man","to Jerusalem."],"2":["And Josue the son of Josedec rose up, and his brethren the priests,","and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the","altar of the God of Israel that they might offer holocausts upon it, as","it is written in the law of Moses the man of God."],"3":["And they set the altar of God upon its bases, while the people of","the lands round about put them in fear, and they offered upon it a","holocaust to the Lord morning and evening."],"4":["And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and","offered the holocaust every day orderly according to the commandment,","the duty of the day in its day."],"5":["And afterwards the continual holocaust, both on the new moons, and","on all the solemnities of the Lord, that were consecrated, and on all in","which a freewill offering was made to the Lord."],"6":["From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer","holocausts to the Lord: but the temple of God was not yet founded."],"7":["And they gave money to hewers of stones and to masons: and meat and","drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from","Libanus to the sea of Joppe, according to the orders which Cyrus king of","the Persians had given them."],"8":["And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in","Jerusalem, the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue","the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and the","Levites, and all that were come from the captivity to Jerusalem began,","and they appointed Levites from twenty years old and upward, to hasten","forward the work of the Lord."],"9":["Then Josue and his sons and his brethren, Cedmihel, and his sons,","and the children of Juda, as one man, stood to hasten them that did the","work in the temple of God: the sons of Henadad, and their sons, and","their brethren the Levites."],"10":["And when the masons laid the foundations of the temple of the","Lord, the priests stood in their ornaments with trumpets: and the","Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise God by the hands of","David king of Israel."],"11":["And they sung together hymns, and praise to the Lord: because he","is good, for his mercy endureth for ever towards Israel. And all the","people shouted with a great shout, praising the Lord, because the","foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid."],"12":["But many of the priests and the Levites, and the chief of the","fathers and the ancients that had seen the former temple; when they had","the foundation of this temple before their eyes, wept with a loud voice:","and many shouting for joy, lifted up their voice."],"13":["So that one could not distinguish the voice of the shout of joy,","from the noise of the weeping of the people: for one with another the","people shouted with a loud shout, and the voice was heard afar off."]},"footnotes":{"2":["Josue... or Jesus (Jeshua) the son of Josedec; he was the high priest,","at that time."]}},{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 4"],"intro":["The Samaritans by their letter to the king hinder the building."],"contents":{"1":["Now the enemies of Juda and Benjamin heard that the children of the","captivity were building a temple to the Lord the God of Israel."],"2":["And they came to Zorobabel, and the chief of the fathers, and said","to them: Let us build with you, for we seek your God as ye do: behold we","have sacrificed to him, since the days of Asor Haddan king of Assyria,","who brought us hither."],"3":["But Zorobabel, and Josue, and the rest of the chief of the fathers","of Israel said to them: You have nothing to do with us to build a house","to our God, but we ourselves alone will build to the Lord our God, as","Cyrus king of the Persians hath commanded us."],"4":["Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of","Juda, and troubled them in building."],"5":["And they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their design","all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius","king of the Persians."],"6":["And in the reign of Assuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they","wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem."],"7":["And in the days of Artaxerxes, Beselam, Mithridates, and Thabeel,","and the rest that were in the council wrote to Artaxerxes king of the","Persians: and the letter of accusation was written in Syrian, and was","read in the Syrian tongue."],"8":["Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe wrote a letter from Jerusalem","to king Artaxerxes, in this manner:"],"9":["Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe and the rest of their","counsellors, the Dinites, and the Apharsathacites, the Therphalites, the","Apharsites, the Erchuites, the Babylonians, the Susanechites, the","Dievites, and the Elamites,"],"10":["And the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Asenaphar","brought over: and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria and in the rest","of the countries of this side of the river in peace."],"11":["(This is the copy of the letter, which they sent to him:) To","Artaxerxes the king, thy servants, the men that are on this side of the","river, send greeting."],"12":["Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who came up from thee to","us, are come to Jerusalem a rebellious and wicked city, which they are","building, setting up the ramparts thereof and repairing the walls."],"13":["And now be it known to the king, that if this city be built up,","and the walls thereof repaired, they will not pay tribute nor toll, nor","yearly revenues, and this loss will fall upon the kings."],"14":["But we remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and","because we count it a crime to see the king wronged, have therefore sent","and certified the king,"],"15":["That search may be made in the books of the histories of thy","fathers, and thou shalt find written in the records: and shalt know that","this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to the kings and provinces,","and that wars were raised therein of old time: for which cause also the","city was destroyed."],"16":["We certify the king, that if this city be built, and the walls","thereof repaired, thou shalt have no possession on this side of the","river."],"17":["The king sent word to Reum Beelteem and Samsai the scribe, and to","the rest that were in their council, inhabitants of Samaria, and to the","rest beyond the river, sending greeting and peace."],"18":["The accusation, which you have sent to us, hath been plainly read","before me,"],"19":["And I commanded: and search hath been made, and it is found, that","this city of old time hath rebelled against kings, and seditions and","wars have been raised therein."],"20":["For there have been powerful kings in Jerusalem, who have had","dominion over all the country that is beyond the river: and have","received tribute, and toll and revenues."],"21":["Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder those men, that this city","be not built, till further orders be given by me."],"22":["See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little","and little the evil grow to the hurt of the kings."],"23":["Now the copy of the edict of king Artaxerxes was read before Reum","Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe, and their counsellors: and they went up","in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and hindered them with arm and power."],"24":["Then the work of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem was","interrupted, and ceased till the second year of the reign of Darius king","of the Persians."]},"footnotes":{"6":["Assuerus... Otherwise called Cambyses the son and successor of Cyrus. He","is also in the following verse named Artaxerxes, a name common to almost","all the kings of Persia."]}},{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 5"],"intro":["By the exhortation of Aggeus, and Zacharias, the people proceed in","building the temple. Which their enemies strive in vain to hinder."],"contents":{"1":["Now Aggeus the prophet, and Zacharias the son of Addo, prophesied","to the Jews that were in Judea and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of","Israel."],"2":["Then rose up Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of","Josedec, and began to build the temple of God in Jerusalem, and with","them were the prophets of God helping them."],"3":["And at the same time came to them Thathanai, who was governor","beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and their counsellors: and said thus","to them: Who hath given you counsel to build this house, and to repair","the walls thereof?"],"4":["In answer to which we gave them the names of the men who were the","promoters of that building."],"5":["But the eye of their God was upon the ancients of the Jews, and","they could not hinder them. And it was agreed that the matter should be","referred to Darius, and then they should give satisfaction concerning","that accusation."],"6":["The copy of the letter that Thathanai governor of the country","beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and his counsellors the","Arphasachites, who dwelt beyond the river, sent to Darius the king."],"7":["The letter which they sent him, was written thus: To Darius the","king all peace."],"8":["Be it known to the king, that we went to the province of Judea, to","the house of the great God, which they are building with unpolished","stones, and timber is laid in the walls: and this work is carried on","diligently and advanceth in their hands."],"9":["And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given","you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls?"],"10":["We asked also of them their names, that we might give thee notice:","and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them."],"11":["And they answered us in these words, saying: We are the servants","of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building a temple that was","built these many years ago, and which a great king of Israel built and","set up."],"12":["But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to","wrath, he delivered them into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of","Babylon the Chaldean: and he destroyed this house, and carried away the","people to Babylon."],"13":["But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set","forth a decree, that this house of God should be built."],"14":["And the vessels also of gold and silver of the temple of God,","which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem,","and had brought them to the temple of Babylon, king Cyrus brought out of","the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one Sassabasar, whom","also he appointed governor,"],"15":["And said to him: Take these vessels, and go, and put them in the","temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its","place."],"16":["Then came this same Sassabasar, and laid the foundations of the","temple of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it is in","building, and is not yet finished."],"17":["Now therefore if it seem good to the king, let him search in the","king's library, which is in Babylon, whether it hath been decreed by","Cyrus the king, that the house of God in Jerusalem should be built, and","let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 6"],"intro":["King Darius favoureth the building and contributeth to it."],"contents":{"1":["Then king Darius gave orders, and they searched in the library of","the books that were laid up in Babylon,"],"2":["And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province","of Media, a book in which this record was written."],"3":["In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that","the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place","where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that","may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of","threescore cubits,"],"4":["Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber: and the","charges shall be given out of the king's house."],"5":["And also let the golden and silver vessels of the temple of God,","which Nabuchodonosor took out of the temple of Jerusalem, and brought to","Babylon, be restored, and carried back to the temple of Jerusalem to","their place, which also were placed in the temple of God."],"6":["Now therefore Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river,","Stharbuzanai, and your counsellors the Apharsachites, who are beyond the","river, depart far from them,"],"7":["And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews,","and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its","place."],"8":["I also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the","Jews, that the house of God may be built, to wit, that of the king's","chest, that is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country beyond","the river, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest the work","be hindered."],"9":["And if it shall be necessary, let calves also, and lambs, and kids,","for holocausts to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil,","according to the custom of the priests that are in Jerusalem, be given","them day by day, that there be no complaint in any thing."],"10":["And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for","the life of the king, and of his children."],"11":["And I have made a decree: That if any whosoever, shall alter this","commandment, a beam be taken from his house, and set up, and he be","nailed upon it, and his house be confiscated."],"12":["And may the God, that hath caused his name to dwell there, destroy","all kingdoms, and the people that shall put out their hand to resist,","and to destroy the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. I Darius have","made the decree, which I will have diligently complied with."],"13":["So then Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river, and","Stharbuzanai, and his counsellors diligently executed what Darius the","king had commanded."],"14":["And the ancients of the Jews built, and prospered according to the","prophecy of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and","they built and finished, by the commandment of the God of Israel, and by","the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the","Persians."],"15":["And they were finishing this house of God, until the third day of","the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king","Darius."],"16":["And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the","rest of the children of the captivity kept the dedication of the house","of God with joy."],"17":["And they offered at the dedication of the house of God, a hundred","calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin offering for","all Israel twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of","Israel."],"18":["And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in","their courses over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in","the book of Moses."],"19":["And the children of Israel of the captivity kept the phase, on the","fourteenth day of the first month."],"20":["For all the priests and the Levites were purified as one man: all","were clean to kill the phase for all the children of the captivity, and","for their brethren the priests, and themselves."],"21":["And the children of Israel that were returned from captivity, and","all that had separated themselves from the filthiness of the nations of","the earth to them, to seek the Lord the God of Israel, did eat."],"22":["And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy,","for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king","of Assyria to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the","house of the Lord the God of Israel."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 7"],"intro":["Esdras goeth up to Jerusalem to teach, and assist the people, with a","gracious decree of Artaxerxes."],"contents":{"1":["Now after these things in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the","Persians, Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of","Helcias,"],"2":["The son of Sellum, the son of Sadoc, the son of Achitob,"],"3":["The son of Amarias, the son of Azarias, the son of Maraioth,"],"4":["The son of Zarahias, the son of Ozi, the son of Bocci,"],"5":["The son of Abisue, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son","of Aaron, the priest from the beginning."],"6":["This Esdras went up from Babylon, and he was a ready scribe in the","law of Moses, which the Lord God had given to Israel: and the king","granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God","upon him."],"7":["And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the","children of the priests, and of the children of the Levites, and of the","singing men, and of the porters, and of the Nathinites to Jerusalem in","the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king."],"8":["And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year","of the king."],"9":["For upon the first day of the first month he began to go up from","Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem","according to the good hand of his God upon him."],"10":["For Esdras had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and","to do and to teach in Israel the commandments and judgment."],"11":["And this is the copy of the letter of the edict, which king","Artaxerxes gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe instructed in the words","and commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies in Israel."],"12":["Artaxerxes king of kings to Esdras the priest, the most learned","scribe of the law of the God of heaven, greeting."],"13":["It is decreed by me, that all they of the people of Israel, and of","the priests and of the Levites in my realm, that are minded to go into","Jerusalem, should go with thee."],"14":["For thou art sent from before the king, and his seven counsellors,","to visit Judea and Jerusalem according to the law of thy God, which is","in thy hand."],"15":["And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his","counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle","is in Jerusalem."],"16":["And all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the","province of Babylon, and that the people is willing to offer, and that","the priests shall offer of their own accord to the house of their God,","which is in Jerusalem,"],"17":["Take freely, and buy diligently with this money, calves, rams,","lambs, with the sacrifices and libations of them, and offer them upon","the altar of the temple of your God, that is in Jerusalem."],"18":["And if it seem good to thee, and to thy brethren to do any thing","with the rest of the silver and gold, do it according to the will of","your God."],"19":["The vessels also, that are given thee for the sacrifice of the","house of thy God, deliver thou in the sight of God in Jerusalem."],"20":["And whatsoever more there shall be need of for the house of thy","God, how much soever thou shalt have occasion to spend, it shall be","given out of the treasury, and the king's exchequer, and by me."],"21":["I Artaxerxes the king have ordered and decreed to all the keepers","of the public chest, that are beyond the river, that whatsoever Esdras","the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of","you, you give it without delay,"],"22":["Unto a hundred talents of silver, and unto a hundred cores of","wheat, and unto a hundred bates of wine, and unto a hundred bates of","oil, and salt without measure."],"23":["All that belongeth to the rites of the God of heaven, let it be","given diligently in the house of the God of heaven: lest his wrath","should be enkindled against the realm of the king, and of his sons."],"24":["We give you also to understand concerning all the priests, and the","Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nathinites, and","ministers of the house of this God, that you have no authority to impose","toll or tribute, or custom upon them."],"25":["And thou Esdras according to the wisdom of thy God, which is in","thy hand, appoint judges and magistrates, that may judge all the people,","that is beyond the river, that is, for them who know the law of thy God,","yea and the ignorant teach ye freely."],"26":["And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the","king diligently, judgment shall be executed upon him, either unto death,","or unto banishment, or to the confiscation of goods, or at least to","prison."],"27":["Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put this in","the king's heart, to glorify the house of the Lord, which is in","Jerusalem,"],"28":["And hath inclined his mercy toward me before the king and his","counsellors, and all the mighty princes of the king: and I being","strengthened by the hand of the Lord my God, which was upon me, gathered","together out of Israel chief men to go up with me."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 8"],"intro":["The companions of Esdras. The fast which he appointed. They bring the","holy vessels into the temple."],"contents":{"1":["Now these are the chief of families, and the genealogy of them, who","came up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king."],"2":["Of the sons of Phinees, Gersom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of","the sons of David, Hattus."],"3":["Of the sons of Sechenias, the son of Pharos, Zacharias, and with","him were numbered a hundred and fifty men."],"4":["Of the sons of Phahath Moab, Eleoenai the son of Zareha, and with","him two hundred men."],"5":["Of the sons of Sechenias, the son of Ezechiel, and with him three","hundred men."],"6":["Of the sons of Adan, Abed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty","men."],"7":["Of the sons of Alam, Isaias the son of Athalias, and with him","seventy men."],"8":["Of the sons of Saphatia: Zebodia the son of Michael, and with him","eighty men."],"9":["Of the sons of Joab, Obedia the son of Jahiel, and with him two","hundred and eighteen men."],"10":["Of the sons of Selomith, the son of Josphia, and with him a","hundred and sixty men."],"11":["Of the sons of Bebai, Zacharias the son of Bebai: and with him","eight and twenty men."],"12":["Of the sons of Azgad, Joanan the son of Eccetan, and with him a","hundred and ten men."],"13":["Of the sons of Adonicam, who were the last: and these are their","names: Eliphelet, and Jehiel, and Samaias, and with them sixty men."],"14":["Of the sons of Begui, Uthai and Zachur, and with them seventy men."],"15":["And I gathered them together to the river, which runneth down to","Ahava, and we stayed there three days: and I sought among the people and","among the priests for the sons of Levi, and found none there."],"16":["So I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Semeias, and Elnathan, and","Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharias, and Mosollam,","chief men: and Joiarib, and Elnathan, wise men."],"17":["And I sent them to Eddo, who is chief in the place of Chasphia,","and I put in their mouth the words that they should speak to Eddo, and","his brethren the Nathinites in the place of Chasphia, that they should","bring us ministers of the house of our God."],"18":["And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a most","learned man of the sons of Moholi the son of Levi the son of Israel, and","Sarabias and his sons, and his brethren eighteen,"],"19":["And Hasabias, and with him Isaias of the sons of Merari, and his","brethren, and his sons twenty."],"20":["And of the Nathinites, whom David, and the princes gave for the","service of the Levites, Nathinites two hundred and twenty: all these","were called by their names."],"21":["And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might","afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right","way for us and for our children, and for all our substance."],"22":["For I was ashamed to ask the king for aid and for horsemen, to","defend us from the enemy in the way: because we had said to the king:","The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him in goodness: and his","power and strength, and wrath upon all them that forsake him."],"23":["And we fasted, and besought our God for this: and it fell out","prosperously unto us."],"24":["And I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sarabias, and","Hasabias, and with them ten of their brethren,"],"25":["And I weighed unto them the silver and gold, and the vessels","consecrated for the house of our God, which the king and his","counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel, that were found had","offered."],"26":["And I weighed to their hands six hundred and fifty talents of","silver, and a hundred vessels of silver, and a hundred talents of gold,"],"27":["And twenty cups of gold, of a thousand solids, and two vessels of","the best shining brass, beautiful as gold."],"28":["And I said to them: You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the","vessels are holy, and the silver and gold, that is freely offered to the","Lord the God of our fathers."],"29":["Watch ye and keep them, till you deliver them by weight before the","chief of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of the families","of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasure of the house of the Lord."],"30":["And the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver","and gold, and the vessels, to carry them to Jerusalem to the house of","our God."],"31":["Then we set forward from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the","first month to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and","delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by","the way."],"32":["And we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there three days."],"33":["And on the fourth day the silver and the gold, and the vessels","were weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of","Urias the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with","them Jozabad the son of Josue, and Noadaia the son of Benoi, Levites."],"34":["According to the number and weight of everything: and all the","weight was written at that time."],"35":["Moreover the children of them that had been carried away that were","come out of the captivity, offered holocausts to the God of Israel,","twelve calves for all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-","seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for sin: all for a holocaust to the","Lord."],"36":["And they gave the king's edicts to the lords that were from the","king's court, and the governors beyond the river, and they furthered the","people and the house of God."]},"footnotes":{"21":["And I proclaimed a fast... It is not enough to part from Babylon, that","is, figuratively from sin, but we must also do works of penance; and","therefore Esdras here proclaimed an extraordinary fast to those that","were come from captivity. This shews that fasting was commanded and","practised from the earliest times."]}},{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 9"],"intro":["Esdras mourneth for the transgression of the people: his confession and","prayer."],"contents":{"1":["And after these things were accomplished, the princes came to me,","saying: The people of Israel, and the priests and Levites have not","separated themselves from the people of the lands, and from their","abominations, namely, of the Chanaanites, and the Hethites, and the","Pherezites, and the Jebusites, and the Ammonites, and the Moabites, and","the Egyptians, and the Amorrhites.","This shows how sinful it is to intermarry with those that the Church","forbids us, on account of the danger of perversion and falling off from","the true faith."],"2":["For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their","sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands.","And the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this","transgression."],"3":["And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and","plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning."],"4":["And there were assembled to me all that feared the God of Israel,","because of the transgression of those that were come from the captivity,","and I sat sorrowful, until the evening sacrifice."],"5":["And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my affliction, and","having rent my mantle and my garment, I fell upon my knees, and spread","out my hands to the Lord my God,"],"6":["And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to","thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are","grown up even unto heaven,"],"7":["From the days of our fathers: and we ourselves also have sinned","grievously unto this day, and for our iniquities we and our kings, and","our priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the","lands, and to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to","confusion of face, as it is at this day."],"8":["And now as a little, and for a moment has our prayer been made","before the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant, and give us a pin in his","holy place, and that our God would enlighten our eyes, and would give us","a little life in our bondage."],"9":["For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken","us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to","give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and to rebuild the","desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem."],"10":["And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have","forsaken thy commandments,"],"11":["Which thou hast commanded by the hand of thy servants the","prophets, saying: The land which you go to possess, is an unclean land,","according to the uncleanness of the people, and of other lands, with","their abominations, who have filled it from mouth to mouth with their","filth."],"12":["Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, and take not","their daughters for your sons, and seek not their peace, nor their","prosperity for ever: that you may be strengthened, and may eat the good","things of the land, and may have your children your heirs for ever."],"13":["And after all that is come upon us, for our most wicked deeds, and","our great sin, seeing that thou our God hast saved us from our iniquity,","and hast given us a deliverance as at this day,"],"14":["That we should not turn away, nor break thy commandments, nor join","in marriage with the people of these abominations. Art thou angry with","us unto utter destruction, not to leave us a remnant to be saved?"],"15":["O Lord God of Israel, thou art just: for we remain yet to be saved","as at this day. Behold we are before thee in our sin, for there can be","no standing before thee in this matter."]},"footnotes":{"8":["A pin... or nail, here signifies a small settlement or holding; which","Esdras begs for, to preserve even a part of the people, who, by their","great iniquity had incurred the anger of God."]}},{"title":["1 Esdras Chapter 10"],"intro":["Order is given for discharging strange women: the names of the guilty."],"contents":{"1":["Now when Esdras was thus praying, and beseeching, and weeping, and","lying before the temple of God, there was gathered to him of Israel an","exceeding great assembly of men and women and children, and the people","wept with much lamentation."],"2":["And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and","said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange","wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in","Israel concerning this,"],"3":["Let us make a covenant with the Lord our God, to put away all the","wives, and such as are born of them, according to the will of the Lord,","and of them that fear the commandment of the Lord our God: let it be","done according to the law."],"4":["Arise, it is thy part to give orders, and we will be with thee:","take courage, and do it."],"5":["So Esdras arose, and made the chiefs of the priests and of the","Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this","word, and they swore."],"6":["And Esdras rose up from before the house of God, and went to the","chamber of Johanan the son of Eliasib, and entered in thither: he ate no","bread, and drank no water: for he mourned for the transgression of them","that were come out of the captivity."],"7":["And proclamation was made in Juda and Jerusalem to all the","children of the captivity, that they should assemble together into","Jerusalem."],"8":["And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to","the counsel of the princes and the ancients, all his substance should be","taken away, and he should be cast out of the company of them that were","returned from captivity."],"9":["Then all the men of Juda, and Benjamin gathered themselves","together to Jerusalem within three days, in the ninth month, the","twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the street of the","house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the rain."],"10":["And Esdras the priest stood up, and said to them: You have","transgressed, and taken strange wives, to add to the sins of Israel."],"11":["And now make confession to the Lord the God of your fathers, and","do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the people of the land,","and from your strange wives."],"12":["And all the multitude answered and said with a loud voice:","According to thy word unto us, so be it done."],"13":["But as the people are many, and it is time of rain, and we are","not able to stand without, and it is not a work of one day or two, (for","we have exceedingly sinned in this matter,)"],"14":["Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude: and in all our","cities, let them that have taken strange wives come at the times","appointed, and with them the ancients and the judges of every city,","until the wrath of our God be turned away from us for this sin."],"15":["Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia the son of Thecua","were appointed over this, and Mesollam and Sebethai, Levites, helped","them:"],"16":["And the children of the captivity did so. And Esdras the priest,","and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers, and","all by their names, went and sat down in the first day of the tenth","month to examine the matter."],"17":["And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange","wives by the first day of the first month."],"18":["And there were found among the sons of the priests that had taken","strange wives: Of the sons of Josue the son of Josedec, and his","brethren, Maasia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Godolia."],"19":["And they gave their hands to put away their wives, and to offer","for their offence a ram of the flock."],"20":["And of the sons of Emmer, Hanani, and Zebedia."],"21":["And of the sons of Harim, Maasia, and Elia, and Semeia, and","Jehiel, and Ozias."],"22":["And of the sons of Pheshur, Elioenai, Maasia, Ismael, Nathanael,","Jozabed, and Elasa."],"23":["And of the sons of the Levites, Jozabed, and Semei, and Celaia,","the same is Calita, Phataia, Juda, and Eliezer."],"24":["And of the singing men, Elisiab: and of the porters, Sellum, and","Telem, and Uri."],"25":["And of Israel, of the sons of Pharos, Remeia, and Jezia, and","Melchia, and Miamin, and Eliezer, and Melchia, and Banea."],"26":["And of the sons of Elam, Mathania, Zacharias, and Jehiel, and","Abdi, and Jerimoth, and Elia."],"27":["And of the sons of Zethua, Elioenai, Eliasib, Mathania, Jerimuth,","and Zabad, and Aziaza."],"28":["And of the sons of Babai, Johanan, Hanania, Zabbai, Athalai:"],"29":["And of the sons of Bani, Mosollam, and Melluch, and Adaia, Jasub,","and Saal, and Ramoth."],"30":["And of the sons of Phahath, Moab, Edna, and Chalal, Banaias, and","Maasias, Mathanias, Beseleel, Bennui, and Manasse."],"31":["And of the sons of Herem, Eliezer, Josue, Melchias, Semeias,","Simeon,"],"32":["Benjamin, Maloch, Samarias."],"33":["And of the sons of Hasom, Mathanai, Mathatha, Zabad, Eliphelet,","Jermai, Manasse, Semei."],"34":["Of the sons of Bani, Maaddi, Amram, and Uel,"],"35":["Baneas, and Badaias, Cheliau,"],"36":["Vania, Marimuth, and Eliasib,"],"37":["Mathanias, Mathania, and Jasi,"],"38":["And Bani, and Bennui, Semei,"],"39":["And Salmias, and Nathan, and Adaias,"],"40":["And Mechnedebai, Sisai, Sarai,"],"41":["Ezrel, and Selemiau, Semeria,"],"42":["Sellum, Amaria, Joseph."],"43":["Of the sons of Nebo, Jehiel, Mathathias, Zabad, Zabina, Jeddu,","and Joel, and Banaia."],"44":["All these had taken strange wives, and there were among them","women that had borne children."]},"footnotes":{}}]}

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+{"title":["THE BOOK OF ESTHER"],"intro":["This Book takes its name from queen Esther, whose history is here","recorded. The general opinion of almost all commentators on the Holy","Scriptures makes Mardochai the writer of it: which also may be collected","below from chap. 9 ver. 20."],"contents":[{"title":["Esther Chapter 1"],"intro":["King Assuerus maketh a great feast. Queen Vasthi being sent for refuseth","to come: for which disobedience she is deposed."],"contents":{"1":["In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a","hundred and twenty seven provinces:"],"2":["When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the","capital of his kingdom."],"3":["Now in the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all","the princes, and for his servants, for the most mighty of the Persians,","and the nobles of the Medes, and the governors of the provinces in his","sight,"],"4":["That he might shew the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the","greatness, and boasting of his power, for a long time, to wit, for a","hundred and fourscore days."],"5":["And when the days of the feast were expired, he invited all the","people that were found in Susan, from the greatest to the least: and","commanded a feast to be made seven days in the court of the garden, and","of the wood, which was planted by the care and the hand of the king."],"6":["And there were hung up on every side sky coloured, and green, and","violet hangings, fastened with cords of silk, and of purple, which were","put into rings of ivory, and were held up with marble pillars. The beds","also were of gold and silver, placed in order upon a floor paved with","porphyry and white marble: which was embellished with painting of","wonderful variety."],"7":["And they that were invited, drank in golden cups, and the meats","were brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine also in abundance","and of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king's magnificence."],"8":["Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not","willing, but as the king had appointed, who set over every table one of","his nobles, that every man might take what he would."],"9":["Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace,","where king Assuerus was used to dwell."],"10":["Now on the seventh day, when the king was merry, and after very","much drinking was well warmed with wine, he commanded Mauman, and","Bazatha, and Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha, and Zethar, and Charcas,","the seven eunuchs that served in his presence,"],"11":["To bring in queen Vasthi before the king, with the crown set upon","her head, to shew her beauty to all the people and the princes: for she","was exceeding beautiful."],"12":["But she refused, and would not come at the king's commandment,","which he had signified to her by the eunuchs. Whereupon the king, being","angry, and inflamed with a very great fury,"],"13":["Asked the wise men, who according to the custom of the kings, were","always near his person, and all he did was by their counsel, who knew","the laws, and judgments of their forefathers:"],"14":["(Now the chief and nearest him were, Charsena, and Sethar, and","Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Mamuchan, seven","princes of the Persians and of the Medes, who saw the face of the king,","and were used to sit first after him:)"],"15":["What sentence ought to pass upon Vasthi the queen, who had refused","to obey the commandment of king Assuerus, which he had sent to her by","the eunuchs?"],"16":["And Mamuchan answered, in the hearing of the king and the princes:","Queen Vasthi hath not only injured the king, but also all the people and","princes that are in all the provinces of king Assuerus."],"17":["For this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that","they will despise their husbands, and will say: King Assuerus commanded","that queen Vasthi should come in to him, and she would not."],"18":["And by this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians","and the Medes will slight the commandments of their husbands: wherefore","the king's indignation is just."],"19":["If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let","it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes,","which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but","another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place."],"20":["And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire,","(which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of","the lesser, give honour to their husbands."],"21":["His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did","according to the counsel of Mamuchan."],"22":["And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every","nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the","husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this","should be published to every people."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 2"],"intro":["Esther is advanced to be queen. Mardochai detecteth a plot against the","king."],"contents":{"1":["After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he","remembered Vasthi, and what she had done and what she had suffered:"],"2":["And the king's servants and his officers said: Let young women be","sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,"],"3":["And let some persons be sent through all the provinces to look for","beautiful maidens and virgins: and let them bring them to the city of","Susan, and put them into the house of the women under the hand of Egeus","the eunuch, who is the overseer and keeper of the king's women: and let","them receive women's ornaments, and other things necessary for their","use."],"4":["And whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes, let her","be queen instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the king: and he commanded","it should be done as they had suggested."],"5":["There was a man in the city of Susan, a Jew, named Mardochai, the","son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the race of Jemini,"],"6":["Who had been carried away from Jerusalem at the time that","Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away Jechonias king of Juda,"],"7":["And he had brought up his brother's daughter Edissa, who by another","name was called Esther: now she had lost both her parents: and was","exceeding fair and beautiful. And her father and mother being dead,","Mardochai adopted her for his daughter."],"8":["And when the king's ordinance was noised abroad, and according to","his commandment many beautiful virgins were brought to Susan, and were","delivered to Egeus the eunuch: Esther also among the rest of the maidens","was delivered to him to be kept in the number of the women."],"9":["And she pleased him, and found favour in his sight. And he","commanded the eunuch to hasten the women's ornaments, and to deliver to","her her part, and seven of the most beautiful maidens of the king's","house, and to adorn and deck out both her and her waiting maids."],"10":["And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For","Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:"],"11":["And he walked every day before the court of the house, in which","the chosen virgins were kept, having a care for Esther's welfare, and","desiring to know what would befall her."],"12":["Now when every virgin's turn came to go in to the king, after all","had been done for setting them off to advantage, it was the twelfth","month: so that for six months they were anointed with oil of myrrh, and","for other six months they used certain perfumes and sweet spices."],"13":["And when they were going in to the king, whatsoever they asked to","adorn themselves they received: and being decked out, as it pleased","them, they passed from the chamber of the women to the king's chamber."],"14":["And she that went in at evening, came out in the morning, and from","thence she was conducted to the second house, that was under the hand of","Susagaz the eunuch, who had the charge over the king's concubines:","neither could she return any more to the king, unless the king desired","it, and had ordered her by name to come."],"15":["And as the time came orderly about, the day was at hand, when","Esther, the daughter of Abihail the brother of Mardochai, whom he had","adopted for his daughter, was to go in to the king. But she sought not","women's ornaments, but whatsoever Egeus the eunuch the keeper of the","virgins had a mind, he gave her to adorn her. For she was exceeding","fair, and her incredible beauty made her appear agreeable and amiable in","the eyes of all."],"16":["So she was brought to the chamber of king Assuerus the tenth","month, which is called Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign."],"17":["And the king loved her more than all the women, and she had favour","and kindness before him above all the women, and he set the royal crown","on her head, and made her queen instead of Vasthi."],"18":["And he commanded a magnificent feast to be prepared for all the","princes, and for his servants, for the marriage and wedding of Esther,","And he gave rest to all the provinces, and bestowed gifts according to","princely magnificence."],"19":["And when the virgins were sought the second time, and gathered","together, Mardochai stayed at the king's gate,"],"20":["Neither had Esther as yet declared her country and people,","according to his commandment. For whatsoever he commanded, Esther","observed: and she did all things in the same manner as she was wont at","that time when he brought her up a little one."],"21":["At that time, therefore, when Mardochai abode at the king's gate,","Bagathan and Thares, two of the king's eunuchs, who were porters, and","presided in the first entry of the palace, were angry: and they designed","to rise up against the king, and to kill him."],"22":["And Mardochai had notice of it, and immediately he told it to","queen Esther: and she to the king in Mardochai's name, who had reported","the thing unto her."],"23":["It was inquired into, and found out: and they were both hanged on","a gibbet. And it was put in the histories, and recorded in the","chronicles before the king."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 3"],"intro":["Aman, advanced by the king, is offended at Mardochai, and therefore","procureth the king's decree to destroy the whole nation of the Jews."],"contents":{"1":["After these things, king Assuerus advanced Aman, the son of","Amadathi, who was of the race of Agag: and he set his throne above all","the princes that were with him."],"2":["And all the king's servants, that were at the doors of the palace,","bent their knees, and worshipped Aman: for so the emperor had commanded","them, only Mardochai did not bend his knee, nor worship him."],"3":["And the king's servants that were chief at the doors of the palace,","said to him: Why dost thou alone not observe the king's commandment?"],"4":["And when they were saying this often, and he would not hearken to","them, they told Aman, desirous to know whether he would continue in his","resolution: for he had told them that he was a Jew."],"5":["Now when Aman had heard this, and had proved by experience that","Mardochai did not bend his knee to him, nor worship him, he was","exceeding angry."],"6":["And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone:","for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose","rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of","Assuerus."],"7":["In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of","the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is","called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the","Jews should be destroyed: and there came out the twelfth month, which is","called Adar."],"8":["And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through","all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that","use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances:","and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that","they should grow insolent by impunity."],"9":["If it please thee, decree that they may be destroyed, and I will","pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers."],"10":["And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and","gave it to Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy of","the Jews,"],"11":["And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it","for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee."],"12":["And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on","the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had","commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the","provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear","according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus:","and the letters, sealed with his ring,"],"13":["Were sent by the king's messengers to all provinces, to kill and","destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in","one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is","called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods."],"14":["And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all","provinces might know and be ready against that day."],"15":["The couriers that were sent made haste to fulfil the king's","commandment. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susan, the king","and Aman feasting together, and all the Jews that were in the city","weeping."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 4"],"intro":["Mardochai desireth Esther to petition the king for the Jews. They join","in fasting and prayer."],"contents":{"1":["Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments,","and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a","loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish","of his mind."],"2":["And he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the","palace: for no one clothed with sackcloth might enter the king's court."],"3":["And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel","edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting,","wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed."],"4":["Then Esther's maids and her eunuchs went in, and told her. And when","she heard it she was in a consternation and she sent a garment, to","clothe him, and to take away the sackcloth: but he would not receive it."],"5":["And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed","to attend upon her, and she commanded him to go to Mardochai, and learn","of him why he did this."],"6":["And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the","street of the city, before the palace gate:"],"7":["And Mardochai told him all that had happened, how Aman had promised","to pay money into the king's treasures, to have the Jews destroyed."],"8":["He gave him also a copy of the edict which was hanging up in Susan,","that he should shew it to the queen, and admonish her to go in to the","king, and to entreat him for her people."],"9":["And Athach went back and told Esther all that Mardochai had said."],"10":["She answered him, and bade him say to Mardochai:"],"11":["All the king's servants, and all the provinces that are under his","dominion, know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, cometh into the","king's inner court, who is not called for, is immediately to be put to","death without any delay: except the king shall hold out the golden","sceptre to him, in token of clemency, that so he may live. How then can","I go in to the king, who for these thirty days now have not been called","unto him?"],"12":["And when Mardochai had heard this,"],"13":["He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst","save thy life only, because thou art in the king's house, more than all","the Jews:"],"14":["For if thou wilt now hold thy peace, the Jews shall be delivered","by some other occasion: and thou, and thy father's house shall perish.","And who knoweth whether thou art not therefore come to the kingdom, that","thou mightest be ready in such a time as this?"],"15":["And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:"],"16":["Go, and gather together all the Jews whom thou shalt find in","Susan, and pray ye for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and","three nights: and I with my handmaids will fast in like manner, and then","I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose","myself to death and to danger."],"17":["So Mardochai went, and did all that Esther had commanded him."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 5"],"intro":["Esther is graciously received: she inviteth the king and Aman to dinner,","Aman prepareth a gibbet for Mardochai."],"contents":{"1":["And on the third day Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in","the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's hall: now","he sat upon his throne in the hall of the palace, over against the door","of the house."],"2":["And when he saw Esther the queen standing, she pleased his eyes,","and he held out toward her the golden sceptre, which he held in his hand","and she drew near, and kissed the top of his sceptre."],"3":["And the king said to her: What wilt thou, queen Esther?  what is","thy request? if thou shouldst even ask one half of the kingdom, it shall","be given to thee."],"4":["But she answered: If it please the king, I beseech thee to come to","me this day, and Aman with thee to the banquet which I have prepared."],"5":["And the king said forthwith: Call ye Aman quickly, that he may obey","Esther's will. So the king and Aman came to the banquet which the queen","had prepared for them."],"6":["And the king said to her, after he had drunk wine plentifully: What","dost thou desire should be given thee? and for what thing askest thou?","although thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it."],"7":["And Esther answered: My petition and request is this:"],"8":["If I have found favour in the king's sight, and if it please the","king to give me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition: let the king and","Aman come to the banquet which I have prepared them, and to morrow I","will open my mind to the king."],"9":["So Aman went out that day joyful and merry. And when he saw","Mardochai sitting before the gate of the palace, and that he not only","did not rise up to honour him, but did not so much as move from the","place where he sat, he was exceedingly angry:"],"10":["But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called","together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:"],"11":["And he declared to them the greatness of his riches, and the","multitude of his children, and with how great glory the king had","advanced him above all his princes and servants."],"12":["And after this he said: Queen Esther also hath invited no other to","the banquet with the king, but me: and with her I am also to dine to","morrow with the king:"],"13":["And whereas I have all these things, I think I have nothing, so","long as I see Mardochai the Jew sitting before the king's gate."],"14":["Then Zares his wife, and the rest of his friends answered him:","Order a great beam to be prepared, fifty cubits high, and in the morning","speak to the king, that Mardochai may be hanged upon it, and so thou","shalt go full of joy with the king to the banquet. The counsel pleased","him, and he commanded a high gibbet to be prepared."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 6"],"intro":["The king hearing of the good service done him by Mardochai, commandeth","Aman to honour him next to the king, which he performeth."],"contents":{"1":["That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the","histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when","they were reading them before him,"],"2":["They came to that place where it was written, how Mardochai had","discovered the treason of Bagathan and Thares the eunuchs, who sought to","kill king Assuerus."],"3":["And when the king heard this, he said: What honour and reward hath","Mardochai received for this fidelity? His servants and ministers said to","him: He hath received no reward at all."],"4":["And the king said immediately: Who is in the court? for Aman was","coming in to the inner court of the king's house, to speak to the king,","that he might order Mardochai to be hanged upon the gibbet, which was","prepared for him."],"5":["The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king","said: Let him come in."],"6":["And when he was come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to","the man whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his","heart, and supposing that the king would honour no other but himself,"],"7":["Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,"],"8":["Ought to be clothed with the king's apparel, and to be set upon the","horse that the king rideth upon, and to have the royal crown upon his","head,"],"9":["And let the first of the king's princes and nobles hold his horse,","and going through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say:","Thus shall he be honoured, whom the king hath a mind to honour."],"10":["And the king said to him: Make haste and take the robe and the","horse, and do as thou hast spoken to Mardochai the Jew, who sitteth","before the gates of the palace. Beware thou pass over any of those","things which thou hast spoken."],"11":["So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arraying Mardochai in the","street of the city, and setting him on the horse, went before him, and","proclaimed: This honour is he worthy of, whom the king hath a mind to","honour."],"12":["But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to","go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:"],"13":["And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen","him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him:","If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to","fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight."],"14":["As they were yet speaking, the king's eunuchs came, and compelled","him to go quickly to the banquet which the queen had prepared."]},"footnotes":{"3":["No reward at all... He received some presents from the king, chap. 12.5;","but these were so inconsiderable in the opinion of the courtiers, that","they esteemed them as nothing at all."]}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 7"],"intro":["Esther's petition for herself and her people: Aman is hanged upon the","gibbet he had prepared for Mardochai."],"contents":{"1":["So the king and Aman went in, to drink with the queen."],"2":["And the king said to her again the second day, after he was warm","with wine: What is thy petition, Esther, that it may be granted thee?","and what wilt thou have done: although thou ask the half of my kingdom,","thou shalt have it."],"3":["Then she answered: If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and","if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for","which I request."],"4":["For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain,","and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the","evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now","we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king."],"5":["And king Assuerus answered and said: Who is this, and of what","power, that he should do these things?"],"6":["And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most","wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able","to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen."],"7":["But the king being angry rose up, and went from the place of the","banquet into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose up to entreat","Esther the queen for his life, for he understood that evil was prepared","for him by the king."],"8":["And when the king came back out of the garden set with trees, and","entered into the place of the banquet, he found Aman was fallen upon the","bed on which Esther lay, and he said: He will force the queen also in my","presence, in my own house. The word was not yet gone out of the king's","mouth, and immediately they covered his face."],"9":["And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king,","said: Behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke","for the king, standeth in Aman's house, being fifty cubits high. And the","king said to him: Hang him upon it."],"10":["So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for","Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 8"],"intro":["Mardochai is advanced: Aman's letters are reversed."],"contents":{"1":["On that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews' enemy,","to queen Esther, and Mardochai came in before the king. For Esther had","confessed to him that he was her uncle."],"2":["And the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again","from Aman, and gave it to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her","house."],"3":["And not content with these things, she fell down at the king's feet","and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders","that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which","he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect."],"4":["But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his","hand, which was the sign of clemency: and she arose up and stood before","him,"],"5":["And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his","sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that","the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which","he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king's provinces,","may be reversed by new letters."],"6":["For how can I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?"],"7":["And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew:","I have given Aman's house to Esther, and I have commanded him to be","hanged on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the Jews."],"8":["Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you in the king's","name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that","no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king's name, and","were sealed with his ring."],"9":["Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was","the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and","twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a","mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the","judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces,","from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and","people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews,","according as they could read and hear."],"10":["And these letters which were sent in the king's name, were sealed","with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the","provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages."],"11":["And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every","city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand","for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their","wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil."],"12":["And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to","wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar."],"13":["And this was the content of the letter, that it should be notified","in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king","Assuerus, that the Jews were ready to be revenged of their enemies."],"14":["So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king's","edict was hung up in Susan."],"15":["And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king's","presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour,","wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and","purple. And all the city rejoiced, and was glad."],"16":["But to the Jews, a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and","dancing."],"17":["And in all peoples, cities, and provinces, whithersoever the","king's commandments came, there was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and","banquets, and keeping holy day: Insomuch that many of other nations and","religion, joined themselves to their worship and ceremonies. For a great","dread of the name of the Jews had fallen upon all."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 9"],"intro":["The Jews kill their enemies that would have killed them. The days of","Phurim are appointed to be kept holy."],"contents":{"1":["So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have","said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be","massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case","being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge","themselves of their adversaries."],"2":["And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and","place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And","no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone","through every people."],"3":["And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and","lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that presided over every place","and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mardochai:"],"4":["For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great","power: and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad","through all men's mouths."],"5":["So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed","them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:"],"6":["Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides","the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are","these:"],"7":["Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha"],"8":["And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,"],"9":["And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha."],"10":["And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of","their goods."],"11":["And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was","brought to the king."],"12":["And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in","the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman: how many dost thou","think they have slain in all the provinces? What askest thou more, and","what wilt thou have me to command to be done?"],"13":["And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the","Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as they have done to day, and that the","ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets."],"14":["And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith","the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged."],"15":["And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered","themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but","they took not their substance."],"16":["Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the","king's dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies","and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were killed","amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods."],"17":["Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with","them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off.","Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter","they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets."],"18":["But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in","the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month:","and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that","day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness."],"19":["But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages,","appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and","gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of","their banquets and meats."],"20":["And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in","letters to the Jews that abode in all the king's provinces, both those","that lay near and those afar off,"],"21":["That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the","month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should","celebrate them with solemn honour:"],"22":["Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their","enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy,","and that these should be days of feasting and gladness, in which they","should send one to another portions of meats, and should give gifts to","the poor."],"23":["And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had","begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be","done."],"24":["For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and","adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and","destroy them; and had cast Phur, that is, the lot."],"25":["And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his","endeavours might be made void by the king's letters: and the evil that","he had intended against the Jews, might return upon his own head. And so","both he and his sons were hanged upon gibbets."],"26":["And since that time these days are called Phurim, that is, of","lots: because Phur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all","things that were done, are contained in the volume of this epistle, that","is, of this book:"],"27":["And the things that they suffered, and that were afterwards","changed, the Jews took upon themselves and their seed, and upon all that","had a mind to be joined to their religion, so that it should be lawful","for none to pass these days without solemnity: which the writing","testifieth, and certain times require, as the years continually succeed","one another."],"28":["These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all","provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations:","neither is there any city wherein the days of Phurim, that is, of lots,","must not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which is bound","to these ceremonies."],"29":["And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mardochai the","Jew, wrote also a second epistle, that with all diligence this day","should be established a festival for the time to come."],"30":["And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-","seven provinces of king Assuerus, that they should have peace, and","receive truth,"],"31":["And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their","proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had appointed, and they undertook","them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries,","and the days of lots,"],"32":["And all things which are contained in the history of this book,","which is called Esther."]},"footnotes":{"1":["To revenge, etc... The Jews on this occasion, by authority from the","king, were made executioners of the public justice, for punishing by","death a crime worthy of death, viz., a malicious conspiracy for","extirpating their whole nation."]}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 10"],"intro":["Assuerus's greatness. Mardochai's dignity."],"contents":{"1":["And king Assuerus made all the land, and all the islands of the","sea tributary."],"2":["And his strength and his empire, and the dignity and greatness","wherewith he exalted Mardochai, are written in the books of the Medes,","and of the Persians:"],"3":["And how Mardochai of the race of the Jews, was next after king","Assuerus: and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the people of his","brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking those things","which were for the welfare of his seed."],"4":["Then Mardochai said: God hath done these things."],"5":["I remember a dream that I saw, which signified these same things:","and nothing thereof hath failed."],"6":["The little fountain which grew into a river, and was turned into a","light, and into the sun, and abounded into many waters, is Esther, whom","the king married, and made queen."],"7":["But the two dragons are I and Aman."],"8":["The nations that were assembled are they that endeavoured to","destroy the name of the Jews."],"9":["And my nation is Israel, who cried to the Lord, and the Lord saved","his people: and he delivered us from all evils, and hath wrought great","signs and wonders among the nations:"],"10":["And he commanded that there should be two lots, one of the people","of God, and the other of all the nations."],"11":["And both lots came to the day appointed already from that time","before God to all nations:"],"12":["And the Lord remembered his people, and had mercy on his","inheritance."],"13":["And these days shall be observed in the month of Adar on the","fourteenth, and fifteenth day of the same month, with all diligence, and","joy of the people gathered into one assembly, throughout all the","generations hereafter of the people of Israel."]},"footnotes":{"4":["Then Mardochai, etc... Here St. Jerome advertiseth the reader, that what","follows is not in the Hebrew, but is found in the septuagint Greek","edition, which the seventy-two interpreters translated out of the","Hebrew, or added by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost."],"5":["A dream... This dream was prophetical and extraordinary: otherwise the","general rule is not to observe dreams."]}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 11"],"intro":["The dream of Mardochai, which in the ancient Greek and Latin Bibles was","into the beginning of the book, but was detached by St. Jerome, and put","in this place."],"contents":{"1":["In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra,","Dositheus, who said he was a priest, and of the Levitical race, and","Ptolemy his son brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said","Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy had interpreted in Jerusalem."],"2":["In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, in the","first day of the month Nisan, Mardochai the son of Jair, the son of","Semei, the son of Cis, of the tribe of Benjamin:"],"3":["A Jew who dwelt in the city of Susan, a great man and among the","first of the king's court, had a dream."],"4":["Now he was of the number of the captives, whom Nabuchodonosor king","of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Juda:"],"5":["And this was his dream: Behold there were voices, and tumults, and","thunders, and earthquakes, and a disturbance upon the earth."],"6":["And behold two great dragons came forth ready to fight one against","another."],"7":["And at their cry all nations were stirred up to fight against the","nation of the just."],"8":["And that was a day of darkness and danger, of tribulation and","distress, and great fear upon the earth."],"9":["And the nation of the just was troubled fearing their own evils,","and was prepared for death."],"10":["And they cried to God: and as they were crying, a little fountain","grew into a very great river, and abounded into many waters."],"11":["The light and the sun rose up, and the humble were exalted, and","they devoured the glorious."],"12":["And when Mardochai had seen this, and arose out of his bed, he","was thinking what God would do: and he kept it fixed in his mind,","desirous to know what the dream should signify."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 12"],"intro":["Mardochai detects the conspiracy of the two eunuchs."],"contents":{"1":["And he abode at that time in the king's court with Bagatha and","Thara the king's eunuchs, who were porters of the palace."],"2":["And when he understood their designs, and had diligently searched","into their projects, he learned that they went about to lay violent","hands on king Artaxerxes, and he told the king thereof."],"3":["Then the king had them both examined, and after they had","confessed, commanded them to be put to death."],"4":["But the king made a record of what was done: and Mardochai also","committed the memory of the thing to writing."],"5":["And the king commanded him, to abide in the court of the palace,","and gave him presents for the information."],"6":["But Aman the son of Amadathi the Bugite was in great honour with","the king, and sought to hurt Mardochai and his people, because of the","two eunuchs of the king who were put to death."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 13"],"intro":["A copy of a letter sent by Aman to destroy the Jews. Mardochai's prayer","for the people."],"contents":{"1":["And this was the copy of the letter: Artaxerxes the great king who","reigneth from India to Ethiopia, to the princes and governors of the","hundred and twenty-seven provinces, that are subject to his empire,","greeting."],"2":["Whereas I reigned over many nations, and had brought all the world","under my dominion, I was not willing to abuse the greatness of my power,","but to govern my subjects with clemency and that they might live quietly","without any terror, and might enjoy peace, which is desired by all men,"],"3":["But when I asked my counsellors how this might be accomplished,","one that excelled the rest in wisdom and fidelity, and was second after","the king, Aman by name,"],"4":["Told me that there was a people scattered through the whole world,","which used new laws, and acted against the customs of all nations,","despised the commandments of kings, and violated by their opposition the","concord of all nations."],"5":["Wherefore having learned this, and seeing one nation in opposition","to all mankind using perverse laws, and going against our commandments,","and disturbing the peace and concord of the provinces subject to us,"],"6":["We have commanded that all whom Aman shall mark out, who is chief","over all the provinces, and second after the king, and whom we honour as","a father, shall be utterly destroyed by their enemies, with their wives","and children, and that none shall have pity on them, on the fourteenth","day of the twelfth month Adar of this present year:"],"7":["That these wicked men going down to hell in one day, may restore","to our empire the peace which they had disturbed."],"8":["But Mardochai besought the Lord, remembering all his works,"],"9":["And said: O Lord, Lord, almighty king, for all things are in thy","power, and there is none that can resist thy will, if thou determine to","save Israel."],"10":["Thou hast made heaven and earth and all things that are under the","cope of heaven."],"11":["Thou art Lord of all, and there is none that can resist thy","majesty."],"12":["Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest that it was not out of","pride and or any desire of glory, that I refused to worship the proud","Aman,"],"13":["(For I would willingly and readily for the salvation of Israel","have kissed even the steps of his feet,)"],"14":["But I feared lest I should transfer the honour of my God to a","man, and lest I should adore any one except my God."],"15":["And now, O Lord, O king, O God of Abraham, have mercy on thy","people, because our enemies resolve to destroy us, and extinguish thy","inheritance."],"16":["Despise not thy portion, which thou hast redeemed for thyself out","of Egypt."],"17":["Hear my supplication, and be merciful to thy lot and inheritance,","and turn our mourning into joy, that we may live and praise thy name, O","Lord, and shut not the mouths of them that sing to thee."],"18":["And all Israel with like mind and supplication cried to the Lord,","because they saw certain death hanging over their heads."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 14"],"intro":["The prayer of Esther for herself and her people."],"contents":{"1":["Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was at hand, had","recourse to the Lord."],"2":["And when she had laid away her royal apparel, she put on garments","suitable for weeping and mourning: instead of divers precious ointments,","she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body with","fasts: and all the places in which before she was accustomed to rejoice,","she filled with her torn hair."],"3":["And she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, saying: O my Lord,","who alone art our king, help me a desolate woman, and who have no other","helper but thee."],"4":["My danger is in my hands."],"5":["I have heard of my father that thou, O Lord, didst take Israel","from among all nations, and our fathers from all their predecessors, to","possess them as an everlasting inheritance, and thou hast done to them","as thou hast promised."],"6":["We have sinned in thy sight, and therefore thou hast delivered us","into the hands of our enemies:"],"7":["For we have worshipped their gods. Thou art just, O Lord."],"8":["And now they are not content to oppress us with most hard bondage,","but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols."],"9":["They design to change thy promises, and destroy thy inheritance,","and shut the mouths of them that praise thee, and extinguish the glory","of thy temple and altar,"],"10":["That they may open the mouths of Gentiles, and praise the","strength of idols, and magnify for ever a carnal king."],"11":["Give not, O Lord, thy sceptre to them that are not, lest they","laugh at our ruin: but turn their counsel upon themselves, and destroy","him that hath begun to rage against us."],"12":["Remember, O Lord, and shew thyself to us in the time of our","tribulation, and give me boldness, O Lord, king of gods, and of all","power:"],"13":["Give me a well ordered speech in my mouth in the presence of the","lion, and turn his heart to the hatred of our enemy, that both he","himself may perish, and the rest that consent to him."],"14":["But deliver us by thy hand, and help me, who have no other","helper, but thee, O Lord, who hast the knowledge of all things."],"15":["And thou knowest that I hate the glory of the wicked, and abhor","the bed of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger."],"16":["Thou knowest my necessity, that I abominate the sign of my pride","and glory, which is upon my head in the days of my public appearance,","and detest it as a menstruous rag, and wear it not in the days of my","silence,"],"17":["And that I have not eaten at Aman's table, nor hath the king's","banquet pleased me, and that I have not drunk the wine of the drink","offerings:"],"18":["And that thy handmaid hath never rejoiced, since I was brought","hither unto this day but in thee, O Lord, the God of Abraham."],"19":["O God, who art mighty above all, hear the voice of them, that","have no other hope, and deliver us from the hand of the wicked, and","deliver me from my fear."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 15"],"intro":["Esther comes into the king's presence: she is terrified, but God turns","his heart."],"contents":{"1":["And he commanded her (no doubt but he was Mardochai) to go to the","king, and petition for her people, and for her country."],"2":["Remember, (said he,) the days of thy low estate, how thou wast","brought up by my hand, because Aman the second after the king hath","spoken against us unto death."],"3":["And do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king for us, and","deliver us from death."],"4":["And on the third day she laid away the garments she wore, and put","on her glorious apparel."],"5":["And glittering in royal robes, after she had called upon God the","ruler and Saviour of all, she took two maids with her,"],"6":["And upon one of them she leaned, as if for delicateness and","overmuch tenderness she were not able to bear up her own body."],"7":["And the other maid followed her lady, bearing up her train flowing","on the ground."],"8":["But she with a rosy colour in her face, and with gracious and","bright eyes hid a mind full of anguish, and exceeding great fear."],"9":["So going in she passed through all doors in order, and stood","before the king, where he sat upon his royal throne, clothed with his","royal robes, and glittering with gold, and precious stones, and he was","terrible to behold."],"10":["And when he had lifted up his countenance, and with burning eyes","had shewn the wrath of his heart, the queen sunk down, and her colour","turned pale, and she rested her weary head upon her handmaid."],"11":["And God changed the king's spirit into mildness, and all in haste","and in fear he leaped from his throne, and holding her up in his arms,","till she came to herself, caressed her with these words:"],"12":["What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother, fear not."],"13":["Thou shalt not die: for this law is not made for thee, but for","all others."],"14":["Come near then, and touch the sceptre."],"15":["And as she held her peace, he took the golden sceptre, and laid","it upon her neck, and kissed her, and said: Why dost thou not speak to","me?"],"16":["She answered: I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my","heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty."],"17":["For thou, my lord, art very admirable, and thy face is full of","graces."],"18":["And while she was speaking, she fell down again, and was almost","in a swoon."],"19":["But the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Esther Chapter 16"],"intro":["A copy of the king's letter in favour of the Jews."],"contents":{"1":["The great king Artaxerxes, from India to Ethiopia, to the","governors and princes of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, which","obey our command, sendeth greeting."],"2":["Many have abused unto pride the goodness of princes, and the","honour that hath been bestowed upon them:"],"3":["And not only endeavour to oppress the king's subjects, but not","bearing the glory that is given them, take in hand, to practise also","against them that gave it."],"4":["Neither are they content not to return thanks for benefits","received, and to violate in themselves the laws of humanity, but they","think they can also escape the justice of God who seeth all things."],"5":["And they break out into so great madness, as to endeavour to","undermine by lies such as observe diligently the offices committed to","them, and do all things in such manner as to be worthy of all men's","praise,"],"6":["While with crafty fraud they deceive the ears of princes that are","well meaning, and judge of others by their own nature."],"7":["Now this is proved both from ancient histories, and by the things","which are done daily, how the good designs of kings are depraved by the","evil suggestions of certain men."],"8":["Wherefore we must provide for the peace of all provinces."],"9":["Neither must you think, if we command different things, that it","cometh of the levity of our mind, but that we give sentence according to","the quality and necessity of times, as the profit of the commonwealth","requireth."],"10":["Now that you may more plainly understand what we say, Aman the","son of Amadathi, a Macedonian both in mind and country, and having","nothing of the Persian blood, but with his cruelty staining our","goodness, was received being a stranger by us:"],"11":["And found our humanity so great towards him, that he was called","our father, and was worshipped by all as the next man after the king:"],"12":["But he was so far puffed up with arrogancy, as to go about to","deprive us of our kingdom and life."],"13":["For with certain new and unheard of devices he hath sought the","destruction of Mardochai, by whose fidelity and good services our life","was saved, and of Esther the partner of our kingdom with all their","nation:"],"14":["Thinking that after they were slain, he might work treason","against us left alone without friends, and might transfer the kingdom of","the Persians to the Macedonians."],"15":["But we have found that the Jews, who were by that most wicked man","appointed to be slain, are in no fault at all, but contrariwise, use","just laws,"],"16":["And are the children of the highest and the greatest, and the","ever living God, by whose benefit the kingdom was given both to our","fathers and to us, and is kept unto this day."],"17":["Wherefore know ye that those letters which he sent in our name,","are void and of no effect."],"18":["For which crime both he himself that devised it, and all his","kindred hang on gibbets, before the gates of this city Susan: not we,","but God repaying him as he deserved."],"19":["But this edict, which we now send, shall be published in all","cities, that the Jews may freely follow their own laws."],"20":["And you shall aid them that they may kill those who had prepared","themselves to kill them, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month,","which is called Adar."],"21":["For the almighty God hath turned this day of sadness and mourning","into joy to them."],"22":["Wherefore you shall also count this day among other festival","days, and celebrate it with all joy, that it may be known also in times","to come,"],"23":["That all they who faithfully obey the Persians, receive a worthy","reward for their fidelity: but they that are traitors to their kingdom,","are destroyed for their wickedness."],"24":["And let every province and city, that will not be partaker of","this solemnity, perish by the sword and by fire, and be destroyed in","such manner as to be made unpassable, both to men and beasts, for an","example of contempt, and disobedience."]},"footnotes":{"1":["From India to Ethiopia... That is, who reigneth from India to Ethiopia."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE GALATIANS"],"intro":["The Galatians, soon after St. Paul had preached the Gospel to them, were","seduced by some false teachers, who had been Jews and who were for","obliging all Christians, even those who had been Gentiles, to observe","circumcision and the other ceremonies of the Mosaical law. In this","Epistle, he refutes the pernicious doctrine of those teachers and also","their calumny against his mission and apostleship. The subject matter of","this Epistle is much the same as that to the Romans. It was written at","Ephesus, about twenty-three years after our Lord's Ascension."],"contents":[{"title":["Galatians Chapter 1"],"intro":["He blames the Galatians for suffering themselves to be imposed upon by","new teachers. The apostle's calling."],"contents":{"1":["Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ","and God the Father, who raised him from the dead:"],"2":["And all the brethren who are with me: to the churches of Galatia."],"3":["Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father and from our Lord","Jesus Christ,"],"4":["Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this","present wicked world, according to the will of God and our Father:"],"5":["To whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen."],"6":["I wonder that you are so soon removed from him that called you into","the grace of Christ, unto another gospel."],"7":["Which is not another: only there are some that trouble you and","would pervert the gospel of Christ."],"8":["But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you","besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema."],"9":["As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a","gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema."],"10":["For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? If","I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ."],"11":["For I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was","preached by me is not according to man."],"12":["For neither did I receive it of man: nor did I learn it but by the","revelation of Jesus Christ."],"13":["For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews'","religion: how that, beyond measure, I persecuted the church of God and","wasted it."],"14":["And I made progress in the Jew's religion above many of my equals","in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my","fathers."],"15":["But when it pleased him who separated me from my mother's womb and","called me by his grace,"],"16":["To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the","Gentiles: immediately I condescended not to flesh and blood."],"17":["Neither went I to Jerusalem, to the apostles who were before me:","but I went into Arabia, and again I returned to Damascus."],"18":["Then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem to see Peter: and I","tarried with him fifteen days."],"19":["But other of the apostles I saw none, saving James the brother of","the Lord."],"20":["Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I lie","not."],"21":["Afterwards, I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia."],"22":["And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea, which were in","Christ:"],"23":["But they had heard only: He, who persecuted us in times past doth","now preach the faith which once he impugned."],"24":["And they glorified God in me."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Galatians Chapter 2"],"intro":["The apostle's preaching was approved of by the other apostles.  The","Gentiles were not to be constrained to the observance of the law."],"contents":{"1":["Then, after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with","Barnabas, taking Titus also with me."],"2":["And I went up according to revelation and communicated to them the","gospel which I preach among the Gentiles: but apart to them who seemed","to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run or had run in vain."],"3":["But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Gentile, was compelled","to be circumcised."],"4":["But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in","privately to spy our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they","might bring us into servitude."],"5":["To whom we yielded not by subjection: no, not for an hour: that the","truth of the gospel might continue with you."],"6":["But of them who seemed to be some thing, (what they were some time","it is nothing to me, God accepteth not the person of man): for to me","they that seemed to be some thing added nothing."],"7":["But contrariwise, when they had seen that to me was committed the","gospel of the uncircumcision, as to Peter was that of the circumcision."],"8":["(For he who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision","wrought in me also among the Gentiles.)"],"9":["And when they had known the grace that was given to me, James and","Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the","right hands of fellowship: that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they","unto the circumcision:"],"10":["Only that we should be mindful of the poor: which same thing also","I was careful to do."],"11":["But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face,","because he was to be blamed."],"12":["For before that some came from James, he did eat with the","Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself,","fearing them who were of the circumcision."],"13":["And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented: so that","Barnabas also was led by them into that dissimulation."],"14":["But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of","the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew,","livest after the manner of the Gentiles and not as the Jews do, how dost","thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?"],"15":["We by nature are Jews: and not of the Gentiles, sinners."],"16":["But knowing that man is not justified by the works of the law, but","by the faith of Jesus Christ, we also believe in Christ Jesus, that we","may be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law:","because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified."],"17":["But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also","are found sinners, is Christ then the minister of sin? God forbid!"],"18":["For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, I make","myself a prevaricator."],"19":["For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to","God; with Christ I am nailed to the cross."],"20":["And I live, now not I: but Christ liveth in me. And that I live","now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me","and delivered himself for me."],"21":["I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law,","then Christ died in vain."]},"footnotes":{"7":["The gospel of the uncircumcision... The preaching of the gospel to the","uncircumcised, that is, to the Gentiles. St. Paul was called in an","extraordinary manner to be the apostle of the Gentiles; St. Peter,","besides his general commission over the whole flock, (John 21. 15,","etc.,) had a peculiar charge of the people of the circumscision, that","is, of the Jews."],"11":["I withstood, etc... The fault that is here noted in the conduct of St.","Peter, was only a certain imprudence, in withdrawing himself from the","table of the Gentiles, for fear of giving offence to the Jewish","converts; but this, in such circumstances, when his so doing might be of","ill consequence to the Gentiles, who might be induced thereby to think","themselves obliged to conform to the Jewish way of living, to the","prejudice of their Christian liberty. Neither was St. Paul's","reprehending him any argument against his supremacy; for in such cases","an inferior may, and sometimes ought, with respect, to admonish his","superior."]}},{"title":["Galatians Chapter 3"],"intro":["The Spirit, and the blessing promised to Abraham cometh not by the law,","but by faith."],"contents":{"1":["O senseless Galatians, who hath bewitched you that you should not","obey the truth: before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been set forth,","crucified among you?"],"2":["This only would I learn of you: Did you receive the Spirit by the","works of the law or by the hearing of faith?"],"3":["Are you so foolish that, whereas you began in the Spirit, you would","now be made perfect by the flesh?"],"4":["Have you suffered so great things in vain? If it be yet in vain."],"5":["He therefore who giveth to you the Spirit and worketh miracles","among you: doth he do it by the works of the law or by the hearing of","the faith?"],"6":["As it is written: Abraham believed God: and it was reputed to him","unto justice."],"7":["Know ye, therefore, that they who are of faith, the same are the","children of Abraham."],"8":["And the scripture, foreseeing that God justifieth the Gentiles by","faith, told unto Abraham before: In thee shall all nations be blessed."],"9":["Therefore, they that are of faith shall be blessed with faithful","Abraham."],"10":["For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For","it is written: Cursed is every one that abideth, not in all things which","are written in the book of the law to do them."],"11":["But that in the law no man is justified with God, it is manifest:","because the just man liveth by faith."],"12":["But the law is not of faith: but he that doth those things shall","live in them."],"13":["Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a","curse for us (for it is written: Cursed is every one that hangeth on a","tree)."],"14":["That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through","Christ Jesus: that we may receive the promise of the Spirit by faith."],"15":["Brethren (I speak after the manner of man), yet a man's testament,","if it be confirmed, no man despiseth nor addeth to it."],"16":["To Abraham were the promises made and to his seed. He saith not:","And to his seeds as of many. But as of one: And to thy seed, which is","Christ."],"17":["Now this I say: that the testament which was confirmed by God, the","law which was made after four hundred and thirty years doth not","disannul, to make the promise of no effect."],"18":["For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise.","But God gave it to Abraham by promise."],"19":["Why then was the law? It was set because of transgressions, until","the seed should come to whom he made the promise, being ordained by","angels in the hand of a mediator."],"20":["Now a mediator is not of one: but God is one."],"21":["Was the law then against the promises of God: God forbid!  For if","there had been a law given which could give life, verily justice should","have been by the law."],"22":["But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise,","by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to them that believe."],"23":["But before the faith came, we were kept under the law shut up,","unto that faith which was to be revealed."],"24":["Wherefore the law was our pedagogue in Christ: that we might be","justified by faith."],"25":["But after the faith is come, we are no longer under a pedagogue."],"26":["For you are all the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus."],"27":["For as many of you as have been baptized in Christ have put on","Christ."],"28":["There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free:","there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus."],"29":["And if you be Christ's, then are you the seed of Abraham, heirs","according to the promise."]},"footnotes":{"19":["Because of transgressions... To restrain them from sin, by fear and","threats. Ordained by angels... The law was delivered by angels, speaking","in the name and person of God to Moses, who was the mediator, on this","occasion, between God and the people."],"22":["Hath concluded all under sin... that is, hath declared all to be under","sin, from which they could not be delivered but by faith in Jesus","Christ, the promised seed."],"24":["Pedagogue... That is, schoolmaster, conductor, or instructor."],"28":["Neither Jew, etc... That is, no distinction of Jew, etc."]}},{"title":["Galatians Chapter 4"],"intro":["Christ has freed us from the servitude of the law. We are the freeborn","sons of Abraham."],"contents":{"1":["As long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a","servant, though he be lord of all,"],"2":["But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the","father."],"3":["So we also, when we were children, were serving under the elements","of the world."],"4":["But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made","of a woman, made under the law:"],"5":["That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might","receive the adoption of sons."],"6":["And because you are sons, God hath sent the Spirit of his Son into","your hearts, crying: Abba, Father."],"7":["Therefore, now he is not a servant, but a son. And if a son, an","heir also through God."],"8":["But then indeed, not knowing God, you served them who, by nature,","are not gods."],"9":["But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known by God:","how turn you again to the weak and needy elements which you desire to","serve again?"],"10":["You observe days and months and times, and years."],"11":["I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have laboured in vain among","you."],"12":["Be ye as I, because I also am as you brethren, I beseech you. You","have not injured me at all."],"13":["And you know how, through infirmity of the flesh, I preached the","gospel to you heretofore: and your temptation in my flesh."],"14":["You despised not, nor rejected: but received me as an angel of","God, even as Christ Jesus."],"15":["Where is then your blessedness? For I bear you witness that, if it","could be done, you would have plucked out your own eyes and would have","given them to me."],"16":["Am I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?"],"17":["They are zealous in your regard not well: but they would exclude","you, that you might be zealous for them."],"18":["But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and","not only when I am present with you."],"19":["My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be","formed in you."],"20":["And I would willingly be present with you now and change my voice:","because I am ashamed for you."],"21":["Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, have you not read","the law?"],"22":["For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a","bondwoman and the other by a free woman."],"23":["But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh:","but he of the free woman was by promise."],"24":["Which things are said by an allegory. For these are the two","testaments. The one from Mount Sina, engendering unto bondage, which is","Agar."],"25":["For Sina is a mountain in Arabia, which hath affinity to that","Jerusalem which now is: and is in bondage with her children."],"26":["But that Jerusalem which is above is free: which is our mother."],"27":["For it is written: Rejoice, thou barren, that bearest not: break","forth and cry thou that travailest not: for many are the children of the","desolate, more than of her that hath a husband."],"28":["Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise."],"29":["But as then he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him","that was after the spirit: so also it is now."],"30":["But what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son:","for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free","woman."],"31":["So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman but of","the free: by the freedom wherewith Christ has made us free."]},"footnotes":{"3":["Under the elements, etc... That is, under the first rudiments of","religion, in which the carnal Jews were trained up; or under those","corporeal creatures, used in their manifold rites, sacrifices, and","sacraments."],"10":["You observe days, etc... He speaks not of the observation of the Lord's","day, or other Christian festivals; but either of the superstitious","observation of days lucky and unlucky; or else of the Jewish festivals,","to the observance of which, certain Jewish teachers sought to induce the","Galatians."]}},{"title":["Galatians Chapter 5"],"intro":["He exhorts them to stand to their Christian liberty. Of the fruits of","the flesh and of the spirit."],"contents":{"1":["Stand fast and be not held again under the yoke of bondage."],"2":["Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall","profit you nothing."],"3":["And I testify again to every man circumcising himself that he is a","debtor to do the whole law."],"4":["You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you","are fallen from grace."],"5":["For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice."],"6":["For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor","uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by Charity."],"7":["You did run well. What hath hindered you, that you should not obey","the truth?"],"8":["This persuasion is not from him that calleth you."],"9":["A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump."],"10":["I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will not be of","another mind: but he that troubleth you shall bear the judgment,","whosoever he be."],"11":["And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer","persecution? Then is the scandal of the cross made void."],"12":["I would they were even cut off, who trouble you."],"13":["For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty. Only make not","liberty an occasion to the flesh: but by charity of the spirit serve one","another."],"14":["For all the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy","neighbour as thyself."],"15":["But if you bite and devour one another: take heed you be not","consumed one of another."],"16":["I say then: Walk in the spirit: and you shall not fulfill the","lusts of the flesh."],"17":["For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against","the flesh: For these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the","things that you would."],"18":["But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law."],"19":["Now the works of the flesh are manifest: which are fornication,","uncleanness, immodesty, luxury,"],"20":["Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths,","quarrels, dissensions, sects,"],"21":["Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like.  Of the","which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such","things shall not obtain the kingdom of God."],"22":["But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience,","benignity, goodness, longanimity,"],"23":["Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there","is no law."],"24":["And they that are Christ's have crucified their flesh, with the","vices and concupiscences."],"25":["If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."],"26":["Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking one another,","envying one another."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Galatians Chapter 6"],"intro":["He exhorts to charity, humility and all virtue. He glories in nothing","but in the cross of Christ."],"contents":{"1":["Brethren, and if a man be overtaken in any fault, you, who are","spiritual, instruct such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering","thyself, lest thou also be tempted."],"2":["Bear ye one another's burdens: and so you shall fulfil the law of","Christ."],"3":["For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is","nothing, he deceiveth himself."],"4":["But let every one prove his own work: and so he shall have glory in","himself only and not in another."],"5":["For every one shall bear his own burden."],"6":["And let him that is instructed in the word communicate to him that","instructeth him, in all good things."],"7":["Be not deceived: God is not mocked."],"8":["For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap.  For he","that soweth in his flesh of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he","that soweth in the spirit of the spirit shall reap life everlasting."],"9":["And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap,","not failing."],"10":["Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but","especially to those who are of the household of the faith."],"11":["See what a letter I have written to you with my own hand."],"12":["For as many as desire to please in the flesh, they constrain you","to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer the persecution of the","cross of Christ."],"13":["For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law: but","they will have you to be circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh."],"14":["But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord","Jesus Christ: by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world."],"15":["For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor","uncircumcision: but a new creature."],"16":["And whosoever shall follow this rule, peace on them and mercy: and","upon the Israel of God."],"17":["From henceforth let no man be troublesome to me: for I bear the","marks of the Lord Jesus in my body."],"18":["The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren.","Amen."]},"footnotes":{}}]}

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+{"title":["THE PROPHECY OF HABACUC"],"intro":["HABACUC was a native of Bezocher, and prophesied in JUDA, some time","before the invasion of the CHALDEANS, which he foretold. He lived to see","this prophecy fulfilled, and for many years after, according to the","general opinion, which supposes him to be the same that was brought by","the ANGEL to DANIEL in BABYLON, Dan. 14."],"contents":[{"title":["Habacuc Chapter 1"],"intro":["The prophet complains of the wickedness of the people: God reveals to","him the vengeance he is going to take of them by the Chaldeans."],"contents":{"1":["The burden that Habacuc the prophet saw."],"2":["How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? shall I cry","out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not save?"],"3":["Why hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance, to see rapine and","injustice before me? and there is a judgment, but opposition is more","powerful."],"4":["Therefore the law is torn in pieces, and judgment cometh not to the","end: because the wicked prevaileth against the just, therefore wrong","judgment goeth forth."],"5":["Behold ye among the nations, and see: wonder, and be astonished:","for a work is done in your days, which no man will believe when it shall","be told."],"6":["For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift","nation, marching upon the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling","places that are not their own."],"7":["They are dreadful, and terrible: from themselves shall their","judgment, and their burden proceed."],"8":["Their horses are lighter than leopards, and swifter than evening","wolves; and their horsemen shall be spread abroad: for their horsemen","shall come from afar, they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to","eat."],"9":["They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind:","and they shall gather together captives as the sand."],"10":["And their prince shall triumph over kings, and princes shall be","his laughingstock: and he shall laugh at every strong hold, and shall","cast up a mount, and shall take it."],"11":["Then shall his spirit be changed, and he shall pass, and fall:","this is his strength of his god."],"12":["Wast thou not from the beginning, O Lord my God, my holy one, and","we shall not die? Lord, thou hast appointed him for judgment: and made","him strong for correction."],"13":["Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on","iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest","thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than","himself?"],"14":["And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the","creeping things that have no ruler."],"15":["He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and","gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice."],"16":["Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice","to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat","dainty."],"17":["For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare","continually to slay the nations."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Burden... Such prophecies more especially are called burdens, as","threaten grievous evils and punishments."],"11":["Then shall his spirit, etc... Viz., the spirit of the king of Babylon.","It alludes to the judgment of God upon Nabuchodonosor, recorded Dan. 4.,","and to the speedy fall of the Chaldean empire."]}},{"title":["Habacuc Chapter 2"],"intro":["The prophet is admonished to wait with faith. The enemies of God's","people shall assuredly be punished."],"contents":{"1":["I will stand upon my watch, and fix my foot upon the tower: and I","will watch, to see what will be said to me, and what I may answer to him","that reproveth me."],"2":["And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it","plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it."],"3":["For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end,","and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely","come, and it shall not be slack."],"4":["Behold, he that is unbelieving, his soul shall not be right in","himself: but the just shall live in his faith."],"5":["And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man","be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like","hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will","gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all","people."],"6":["Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark","speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth","together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself","with thick clay?"],"7":["Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee: and they be","stirred up that shall tear thee, and thou shalt be a spoil to them?"],"8":["Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all that shall be left of","the people shall spoil thee: because of men's blood, and for the","iniquity of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein."],"9":["Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his","house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered","out of the hand of evil."],"10":["Thou hast devised confusion to thy house, thou hast cut off many","people, and thy soul hath sinned."],"11":["For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is","between the joints of the building, shall answer."],"12":["Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city","by iniquity."],"13":["Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall","labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint."],"14":["For the earth shall be filled, that men may know the glory of the","Lord, as waters covering the sea."],"15":["Woe to him that giveth drink to his friend, and presenteth his","gall, and maketh him drunk, that he may behold his nakedness."],"16":["Thou art filled with shame instead of glory: drink thou also, and","fall fast asleep: the cup of the right hand of the Lord shall compass","thee, and shameful vomiting shall be on thy glory."],"17":["For the iniquity of Libanus shall cover thee, and the ravaging of","beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men, and the iniquity","of the land, and of the city, and of all that dwell therein."],"18":["What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath","graven it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger thereof hath","trusted in a thing of his own forging, to make dumb idols."],"19":["Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise:","can it teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there","is no spirit in the bowels thereof."],"20":["But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence","before him."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Will stand, etc... Waiting to see what the Lord will answer to my","complaint, viz., that the Chaldeans, who are worse than the Jews, and","who attribute all their success to their own strength, or to their","idols, should nevertheless prevail over the people of the Lord. The","Lord's answer is, that the prophet must wait with patience and faith:","that all should be set right in due time; and the enemies of God and his","people punished according to their deserts."],"5":["As wine deceiveth, etc... Viz., by affording only a short passing","pleasure; followed by the evils and disgrace that are the usual","consequences of drunkenness; so shall it be with the proud enemies of","the people of God; whose success affordeth them only a momentary","pleasure, followed by innumerable and everlasting evils."],"6":["Thick clay... Ill-gotten goods, that, like mire, both burden and defile","the soul."],"13":["Are not these things, etc... That is, shall not these punishments that","are here recorded, come from the Lord upon him that is guilty of such","crimes.-Ibid. The people shall labour, etc... Viz., the enemies of God's","people."],"17":["The iniquity of Libanus... That is, the iniquity committed by the","Chaldeans against the temple of God, signified here by the name of","Libanus."]}},{"title":["Habacuc Chapter 3"],"intro":[],"contents":{"1":["A PRAYER OF HABACUC THE PROPHET FOR IGNORANCES."],"2":["O Lord, I have heard thy hearing, and was afraid.  O Lord, thy","work, in the midst of the years bring it to life: In the midst of the","years thou shalt make it known: when thou art angry, thou wilt remember","mercy."],"3":["God will come from the south, and the holy one from mount Pharan:","His glory covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise."],"4":["His brightness shall be as the light: horns are in his hands: There","is his strength hid:"],"5":["Death shall go before his face.  And the devil shall go forth","before his feet."],"6":["He stood and measured the earth.  He beheld, and melted the","nations: and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces.  The hills of","the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity."],"7":["I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the","land of Madian shall be troubled."],"8":["Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath upon the","rivers? or thy indignation in the sea?  Who will ride upon thy horses:","and thy chariots are salvation."],"9":["Thou wilt surely take up thy bow: according to the oaths which thou","hast spoken to the tribes.  Thou wilt divide the rivers of the earth."],"10":["The mountains saw thee, and were grieved: the great body of waters","passed away.  The deep put forth its voice: the deep lifted up its","hands."],"11":["The sun and the moon stood still in their habitation, in the light","of thy arrows, they shall go in the brightness of thy glittering spear."],"12":["In thy anger thou wilt tread the earth under foot: in thy wrath","thou wilt astonish the nations."],"13":["Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people: for salvation","with thy Christ.  Thou struckest the head of the house of the wicked:","thou hast laid bare his foundation even to the neck."],"14":["Thou hast cursed his sceptres, the head of his warriors, them that","came out as a whirlwind to scatter me. Their joy was like that of him","that devoureth the poor man in secret."],"15":["Thou madest a way in the sea for thy horses, in the mud of many","waters."],"16":["I have heard and my bowels were troubled: my lips trembled at the","voice.  Let rottenness enter into my bones, and swarm under me.  That I","may rest in the day of tribulation: that I may go up to our people that","are girded."],"17":["For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no spring","in the vines. The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields","shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there","shall be no herd in the stalls."],"18":["But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I will joy in God my Jesus."],"19":["The Lord God is my strength: and he will make my feet like the","feet of harts: and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places","singing psalms."]},"footnotes":{"1":["For ignorances... That is, for the sins of his people. In the Hebrew, it","is Sigionoth: which some take to signify a musical instrument, or tune;","with which this sublime prayer and canticle was to be sung."],"2":["Thy hearing, etc... That is, thy oracles, the great and wonderful things","thou hast revealed to me; and I was struck with a reverential fear and","awe.-Ibid. Thy work... The great work of the redemption of man, which","thou wilt bring to life and light in the midst of the years, when our","calamities and miseries shall be at their height."],"3":["God will come from the south, etc... God himself will come to give us","his law, and to conduct us into the true land of promise: as heretofore","he came from the South (in the Hebrew Theman) and from mount Pharan to","give his law to his people in the desert. See Deut. 33.2."],"4":["Horns, etc... That is, strength and power, which, by a Hebrew phrase,","are called horns. Or beams of light, which come forth from his hands. Or","it may allude to the cross, in the horns of which the hands of Christ","were fastened, where his strength was hidden, by which he overcame the","world, and drove out death and the devil."],"5":["Death shall go before his face, etc... Both death and the devil shall be","the executioners of his justice against his enemies: as they were","heretofore against the Egyptians and Chanaanites."],"6":["He beheld, etc... One look of his eye is enough to melt all the nations,","and to reduce them to nothing. For all heaven and earth disappear when","they come before his light. Apoc. 20.11. Ibid. The ancient mountains,","etc... By the mountains and hills are signified the great ones of the","world, that persecute the church, whose power was quickly crushed by the","Almighty."],"7":["Ethiopia... the land of the Blacks, and Madian, are here taken for the","enemies of God and his people: who shall perish for their iniquity."],"8":["With the rivers, etc... He alludes to the wonders wrought heretofore by","the Lord in favour of his people Israel, when the waters of the rivers,","viz., of Arnon and Jordan, and of the Red Sea, retired before their","face: when he came as it were with his horses and chariots to save them","when he took up his bow for their defence, in consequene of the oath he","had made to their tribes: when the mountains trembled, and the deep","stood with its waves raised up in a heap, as with hands lifted up to","heaven: when the sun and the moon stood still at his command, etc., to","comply with his anger, not against the rivers and sea, but against the","enemies of his people. How much more will he do in favour of his Son:","and against the enemies of his church?"],"13":["The head of the house of the wicked... Such was Pharao heretofore: such","shall Antichrist be hereafter."],"15":["Thou madest a way in the sea, etc... To deliver thy people from the","Egyptian bondage: and thou shalt work the like wonders in the spiritual","way, to rescue the children of the church from their enemies."],"16":["I have heard, etc... Viz., the evils that are now coming upon the","Israelites for their sins; and that shall come hereafter upon all","impenitent sinners; and the foresight that I have of these miseries","makes me willing to die, that I may be at rest, before this general","tribulation comes, in which all good things shall be withdrawn from the","wicked. Ibid. That I may go up to our people, etc... That I may join the","happy company in the bosom of Abraham, that are girded, that is,","prepared for their journey, by which they shall attend their Lord, when","he shall ascend into heaven. To which high and happy place, my Jesus,","that is, my Saviour, the great conqueror of death and hell, shall one","day conduct me rejoicing and singing psalms of praise, ver. 18 and 19."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE HEBREWS"],"intro":["St. Paul wrote this Epistle to the Christians in Palestine, the most","part of whom being Jews before their conversion, they were called","Hebrews. He exhorts them to be thoroughly converted and confirmed in the","faith of Christ, clearly shewing them the preeminence of Christ's","priesthood above the Levitical, and also the excellence of the new law","above the old. He commends faith by the example of the ancient fathers:","and exhorts them to patience and perseverance and to remain in fraternal","charity.  It appears from chap. 13 that this Epistle was written in","Italy, and probably at Rome, about twenty-nine years after our Lord's","Ascension."],"contents":[{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 1"],"intro":["God spoke of old by the prophets, but now by his Son, who is","incomparably greater than the angels."],"contents":{"1":["God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times","past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all,"],"2":["In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed","heir of all things, by whom also he made the world."],"3":["Who being the brightness of his glory and the figure of his","substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, making","purgation of sins, sitteth on the right hand of the majesty on high:"],"4":["Being made so much better than the angels as he hath inherited a","more excellent name than they."],"5":["For to which of the angels hath he said at any time: Thou art my","Son, to-day have I begotten thee? And again: I will be to him a Father,","and he shall be to me a Son?"],"6":["And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world,","he saith: And let all the angels of God adore him."],"7":["And to the angels indeed he saith: He that maketh his angels","spirits and his ministers a flame of fire."],"8":["But to the Son: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre","of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom."],"9":["Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God,","hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."],"10":["And: Thou in the beginning, O Lord, didst found the earth: and the","works of thy hands are the heavens."],"11":["They shall perish: but thou shalt continue: and they shall all","grow old as a garment."],"12":["And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shalt be","changed. But thou art the selfsame: and thy years shall not fail."],"13":["But to which of the angels said he at any time: Sit on my right","hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?"],"14":["Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for them","who shall receive the inheritance of salvation?"]},"footnotes":{"3":["The figure... that is, the express image, and most perfect resemblance.","Making purgation... That is, having purged away our sins by his passion."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 2"],"intro":["The transgression of the precepts of the Son of God is far more","condemnable than of those of the Old Testament given by angels."],"contents":{"1":["Therefore ought we more diligently to observe the things which we","have heard lest perhaps we should let them slip."],"2":["For if the word spoken by angels became steadfast and every","transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward:"],"3":["How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? Which, having","begun to be declared by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that","heard him."],"4":["God also bearing them witness by signs and wonders and divers","miracles and distributions of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will."],"5":["For God hath not subjected unto angels the world to come, whereof","we speak."],"6":["But one in a certain place hath testified, saying: What is man,","that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?"],"7":["Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels: thou hast","crowned him with glory and honour and hast set him over the works of thy","hands."],"8":["Thou hast subjected all things under his feet. For in that he hath","subjected all things to him he left nothing not subject to him. But now","we see not as yet all things subject to him."],"9":["But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for","the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the","grace of God he might taste death for all."],"10":["For it became him for whom are all things and by whom are all","things, who had brought many children into glory, to perfect the author","of their salvation, by his passion."],"11":["For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all","of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying:"],"12":["I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church","will I praise thee."],"13":["And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold I and my","children, whom God hath given me."],"14":["Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood,","he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that,","through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is","to say, the devil:"],"15":["And might deliver them, who through the fear of death were all","their lifetime subject to servitude."],"16":["For nowhere doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of","Abraham he taketh hold."],"17":["Wherefore, it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his","brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest","before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people."],"18":["For in that wherein he himself hath suffered and been tempted he","is able to succour them also that are tempted."]},"footnotes":{"10":["Perfect by his passion... By suffering, Christ was to enter into his","glory, Luke 24.26, which the apostle here calls being made perfect."],"16":["No where doth he, etc... That is, he never took upon him the nature of","angels, but that of the seed of Abraham."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 3"],"intro":["Christ is more excellent than Moses. Wherefore we must adhere to him by","faith and obedience."],"contents":{"1":["Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly vocation","consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus:"],"2":["Who is faithful to him that made him, as was also Moses in all his","house."],"3":["For this man was counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by so","much as he that hath built the house hath greater honour than the house."],"4":["For every house is built by some man: but he that created all","things is God."],"5":["And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a","testimony of those things which were to be said:"],"6":["But Christ, as the Son in his own house: which house are we, if we","hold fast the confidence and glory of hope unto the end."],"7":["Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith: To-day if you shall hear his","voice,"],"8":["Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of","temptation in the desert,"],"9":["Where your fathers tempted me, proved and saw my works,"],"10":["Forty years: for which cause I was offended with this generation,","and I said: They always err in heart. And they have not known my ways."],"11":["As I have sworn in my wrath: If they shall enter into my rest."],"12":["Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil","heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God."],"13":["But exhort one another every day, whilst it is called to day, that","none of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."],"14":["For we are made partakers of Christ: yet so, if we hold the","beginning of his substance firm unto the end."],"15":["While it is said: To day, if you shall hear his voice, harden not","your hearts, as in that provocation."],"16":["For some who heard did provoke: but not all that came out of Egypt","by Moses."],"17":["And with whom was he offended forty years? Was it not with them","that sinned, whose carcasses were overthrown in the desert?"],"18":["And to whom did he swear, that they should not enter into his","rest: but to them that were incredulous?"],"19":["And we see that they could not enter in, because of unbelief."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 4"],"intro":["The Christian's rest. We are to enter into it through Jesus Christ."],"contents":{"1":["Let us fear therefore lest, the promise being left of entering into","his rest, any of you should be thought to be wanting."],"2":["For unto us also it hath been declared in like manner as unto them.","But the word of hearing did not profit them, not being mixed with faith","of those things they heard."],"3":["For we, who have believed, shall enter into rest; as he said: As I","have sworn in my wrath: If they shall enter into my rest; and this","indeed when the works from the foundation of the world were finished."],"4":["For in a certain place he spoke of the seventh day thus: And God","rested the seventh day from all his works."],"5":["And in this place again: If they shall enter into my rest."],"6":["Seeing then it remaineth that some are to enter into it, and they","to whom it was first preached did not enter because of unbelief:"],"7":["Again he limiteth a certain day, saying in David; To day, after so","long a time as it is above said: To day if you shall hear his voice,","harden not your hearts."],"8":["For if Jesus had given them rest he would never have afterwards","spoken of another day."],"9":["There remaineth therefore a day of rest for the people of God."],"10":["For he that is entered into his rest, the same also hath rested","from his works, as God did from his."],"11":["Let us hasten therefore to enter into that rest: lest any man fall","into the same example of unbelief."],"12":["For the word of God is living and effectual and more piercing than","any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the","spirit, of the joints also and the marrow: and is a discerner of the","thoughts and intents of the heart."],"13":["Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all","things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is."],"14":["Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the","heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession."],"15":["For we have not a high priest who cannot have compassion on our","infirmities: but one tempted in all things like as we are, without sin."],"16":["Let us go therefore with confidence to the throne of grace: that","we may obtain mercy and find grace in seasonable aid."]},"footnotes":{"8":["Jesus... Josue, who in Greek is called Jesus."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 5"],"intro":["The office of a high priest. Christ is our high priest."],"contents":{"1":["For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in","the things that appertain to God, that he may offer up gifts and","sacrifices for sins:"],"2":["Who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err:","because he himself also is compassed with infirmity."],"3":["And therefore he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to","offer for sins."],"4":["Neither doth any man take the honour to himself, but he that is","called by God, as Aaron was."],"5":["So Christ also did not glorify himself, that he might be made a","high priest: but he that said unto him: Thou art my Son: this day have I","begotten thee."],"6":["As he saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever,","according to the order of Melchisedech."],"7":["Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering","up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from","death, was heard for his reverence."],"8":["And whereas indeed he was the Son of God, he learned obedience by","the things which he suffered."],"9":["And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause","of eternal salvation:"],"10":["Called by God a high priest, according to the order of","Melchisedech."],"11":["Of whom we have much to say and hard to be intelligibly uttered:","because you are become weak to hear."],"12":["For whereas for the time you ought to be masters, you have need to","be taught again what are the first elements of the words of God: and you","are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat."],"13":["For every one that is a partaker of milk is unskilful in the word","of justice: for he is a little child."],"14":["But strong meat is for the perfect: for them who by custom have","their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 6"],"intro":["He warns them of the danger of falling by apostasy and exhorts them to","patience and perseverance."],"contents":{"1":["Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us go","on to things more perfect: not laying again the foundation of penance","from dead works and of faith towards God,"],"2":["Of the doctrine of baptisms and imposition of hands, and of the","resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment."],"3":["And this will we do, if God permit."],"4":["For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, have","tasted also the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,"],"5":["Have moreover tasted the good word of God and the powers of the","world to come,"],"6":["And are fallen away: to be renewed again to penance, crucifying","again to themselves the Son of God and making him a mockery."],"7":["For the earth, that drinketh in the rain which cometh often upon it","and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is tilled, receiveth","blessing from God."],"8":["But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers is reprobate and","very near unto a curse: whose end is to be burnt."],"9":["But, my dearly beloved, we trust better things of you, and nearer","to salvation; though we speak thus."],"10":["For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work and the","love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered and do","minister to the saints."],"11":["And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same","carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end:"],"12":["That you become not slothful, but followers of them who through","faith and patience shall inherit the promises."],"13":["For God making promises to Abraham, because he had no one greater","by whom he might swear, swore by himself,"],"14":["Saying: Unless blessing I shall bless thee and multiplying I shall","multiply thee."],"15":["And so patiently enduring he obtained the promise."],"16":["For men swear by one greater than themselves: and an oath for","confirmation is the end of all their controversy."],"17":["Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the","promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed an oath:"],"18":["That by two immutable things in which it is impossible for God to","lie, we may have the strongest comfort, we who have fled for refuge to","hold fast the hope set before us."],"19":["Which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and which","entereth in even within the veil:"],"20":["Where the forerunner Jesus is entered for us, made a high priest","for ever according to the order of Melchisedech."]},"footnotes":{"1":["The word of the beginning... The first rudiments of the Christian","doctrine."],"4":["It is impossible, etc... The meaning is, that it is impossible for such","as have fallen after baptism, to be again baptized; and very hard for","such as have apostatized from the faith, after having received many","graces, to return again to the happy state from which they fell."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 7"],"intro":["The priesthood of Christ according to the order of Melchisedech excels","the Levitical priesthood and puts an end both to that and to the law."],"contents":{"1":["For this Melchisedech was king of Salem, priest of the most high","God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and","blessed him:"],"2":["To whom also Abraham divided the tithes of all: who first indeed by","interpretation is king of justice: and then also king of Salem, that is,","king of peace:"],"3":["Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither","beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God,","continueth a priest for ever."],"4":["Now consider how great this man is, to whom also Abraham the","patriarch gave tithes out of the principal things."],"5":["And indeed they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the","priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to","the law, that is to say, of their brethren: though they themselves also","came out of the loins of Abraham."],"6":["But he, whose pedigree is not numbered among them, received tithes","of Abraham and blessed him that had the promises."],"7":["And without all contradiction, that which is less is blessed by the","better."],"8":["And here indeed, men that die receive tithes: but there, he hath","witness that he liveth."],"9":["And (as it may be said) even Levi who received tithes paid tithes","in Abraham:"],"10":["For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedech met","him."],"11":["If then perfection was by the Levitical priesthood (for under it","the people received the law), what further need was there that another","priest should rise according to the order of Melchisedech: and not be","called according to the order of Aaron?"],"12":["For the priesthood being translated, it is necessary that a","translation also be made of the law,"],"13":["For he of whom these things are spoken is of another tribe, of","which no one attended on the altar."],"14":["For it is evident that our Lord sprung out of Juda: in which tribe","Moses spoke nothing concerning priests."],"15":["And it is yet far more evident: if according to the similitude of","Melchisedech there ariseth another priest,"],"16":["Who is made, not according to the law of a law of a carnal","commandment, but according to the power of an indissoluble life."],"17":["For he testifieth: Thou art a priest for ever according to the","order of Melchisedech."],"18":["There is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment, because","of the weakness and unprofitableness thereof:"],"19":["For the law brought nothing to perfection: but a bringing in of a","better hope, by which we draw nigh to God."],"20":["And inasmuch as it is not without an oath (for the others indeed","were made priests without an oath:"],"21":["But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath","sworn and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever)."],"22":["By so much is Jesus made a surety of a better testament."],"23":["And the others indeed were made many priests, because by reason of","death they were not suffered to continue:"],"24":["But this, for that he continueth for ever, hath an everlasting","priesthood:"],"25":["Whereby he is able also to save for ever them that come to God by","him; always living to make intercession for us."],"26":["For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy,","innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the","heavens:"],"27":["Who needeth not daily (as the other priests) to offer sacrifices,","first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once,","in offering himself."],"28":["For the law maketh men priests, who have infirmity: but the word","of the oath (which was since the law) the Son who is perfected for","evermore."]},"footnotes":{"3":["Without father, etc... Not that he had no father, etc., but that neither","his father, nor his pedigree, nor his birth, nor his death, are set down","in scripture."],"23":["Many priests, etc... The apostle notes this difference between the high","priests of the law, and our high priest Jesus Christ; that they being","removed by death, made way for their successors; whereas our Lord Jesus","is a priest for ever, and hath no successor; but liveth and concurreth","for ever with his ministers, the priests of the new testament, in all","their functions. Also, that no one priest of the law, nor all of them","together, could offer that absolute sacrifice of everlasting redemption,","which our one high priest Jesus Christ has offered once, and for ever."],"25":["Make intercession... Christ, as man, continually maketh intercession for","us, by representing his passion to his Father."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 8"],"intro":["More of the excellence of the priesthood of Christ and of the New","Testament."],"contents":{"1":["Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have","such an high priest who is set on the right hand of the throne of","majesty in the heavens,"],"2":["A minister of the holies and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord","hath pitched, and not man."],"3":["For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices:","wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer."],"4":["If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest: seeing that","there would be others to offer gifts according to the law."],"5":["Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. As it was","answered to Moses, when he was to finish the tabernacle: See (saith he)","that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewn thee","on the mount."],"6":["But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is","a mediator of a better testament which is established on better","promises."],"7":["For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a","place have been sought for a second."],"8":["For, finding fault with them, he saith: Behold the days shall come,","saith the Lord: and I will perfect, unto the house of Israel and unto","the house of Juda, a new testament:"],"9":["Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on","the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of","Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them","not, saith the Lord."],"10":["For this is the testament which I will make to the house of Israel","after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my laws into their mind:","and in their heart will I write them. And I will be their God: and they","shall be my people."],"11":["And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his","brother, saying: Know the Lord. For all shall know me, from the least to","the greatest of them."],"12":["Because I will be merciful to their iniquities: and their sins I","will remember no more."],"13":["Now in saying a new, he hath made the former old. And that which","decayeth and groweth old is near its end."]},"footnotes":{"2":["The holies... That is, the sanctuary."],"4":["If then he were on earth, etc... That is, if he were not of a higher","condition than the Levitical order of earthly priests, and had not","another kind of sacrifice to offer, he should be excluded by them from","the priesthood, and its functions, which by the law were appropriated to","their tribe."],"5":["Who serve unto, etc... The priesthood of the law and its functions were","a kind of an example and shadow of what is done by Christ in his church","militant and triumphant, of which the tabernacle was a pattern."],"11":["They shall not teach, etc... So great shall be light and grace of the","new testament, that it shall not be necessary to inculcate to the","faithful the belief and knowledge of the true God, for they shall all","know him."],"13":["A new... Supply `covenant'."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 9"],"intro":["The sacrifices of the law were far inferior to that of Christ."],"contents":{"1":["The former indeed had also justifications of divine service and a","sanctuary."],"2":["For there was a tabernacle made the first, wherein were the","candlesticks and the table and the setting forth of loaves, which is","called the Holy."],"3":["And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy","of Holies:"],"4":["Having a golden censer and the ark of the testament covered about","on every part with gold, in which was a golden pot that had manna and","the rod of Aaron that had blossomed and the tables of the testament."],"5":["And over it were the cherubims of glory overshadowing the","propitiatory: of which it is not needful to speak now particularly."],"6":["Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle, the","priests indeed always entered, accomplishing the offices of sacrifices."],"7":["But into the second, the high priest alone, once a year: not","without blood, which he offereth for his own and the people's ignorance:"],"8":["The Holy Ghost signifying this: That the way into the Holies was","not yet made manifest, whilst the former tabernacle was yet standing."],"9":["Which is a parable of the time present: according to which gifts","and sacrifices are offered, which cannot, as to the conscience, make him","perfect that serveth, only in meats and in drinks,"],"10":["And divers washings and justices of the flesh laid on them until","the time of correction."],"11":["But Christ, being come an high Priest of the good things to come,","by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hand, that is,","not of this creation:"],"12":["Neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by his own blood,","entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption."],"13":["For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer,","being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the","flesh:"],"14":["How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost","offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead","works, to serve the living God?"],"15":["And therefore he is the mediator of the new testament: that by","means of his death for the redemption of those transgressions which were","under the former testament, they that are called may receive the promise","of eternal inheritance."],"16":["For where there is a testament the death of the testator must of","necessity come in."],"17":["For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is as","yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth."],"18":["Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood."],"19":["For when every commandment of the law had been read by Moses to","all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, and","scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the","people."],"20":["Saying: This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined","unto you."],"21":["The tabernacle also and all the vessels of the ministry, in like","manner, he sprinkled with blood."],"22":["And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with","blood: and without shedding of blood there is no remission."],"23":["It is necessary therefore that the patterns of heavenly things","should be cleansed with these: but the heavenly things themselves with","better sacrifices than these."],"24":["For Jesus is not entered into the Holies made with hands, the","patterns of the true: but into Heaven itself, that he may appear now in","the presence of God for us."],"25":["Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest","entereth into the Holies every year with the blood of others:"],"26":["For then he ought to have suffered often from the beginning of the","world. But now once, at the end of ages, he hath appeared for the","destruction of sin by the sacrifice of himself."],"27":["And as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the","judgment:"],"28":["So also Christ was offered once to exhaust the sins of many.  The","second time he shall appear without sin to them that expect him unto","salvation."]},"footnotes":{"10":["Of correction... Viz., when Christ should correct and settle all things."],"12":["Eternal redemption... By that one sacrifice of his blood, once offered","on the cross, Christ our Lord paid and exhibited, once for all, the","general price and ransom of all mankind: which no other priest could do."],"25":["Offer himself often... Christ shall never more offer himself in","sacrifice, in that violent, painful, and bloody manner, nor can there be","any occasion for it: since by that one sacrifice upon the cross, he has","furnished the full ransom, redemption, and remedy for all the sins of","the world. But this hinders not that he may offer himself daily in the","sacred mysteries in an unbloody manner, for the daily application of","that one sacrifice of redemption to our souls."],"28":["To exhaust... That is, to empty, or draw out to the very bottom, by a","plentiful and perfect redemption."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 10"],"intro":["Because of the insufficiency of the sacrifices of the law, Christ our","high priest shed his own blood for us, offering up once for all the","sacrifice of our redemption. He exhorts them to perseverance."],"contents":{"1":["For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, not the","very image of the things, by the selfsame sacrifices which they offer","continually every year, can never make the comers thereunto perfect."],"2":["For then they would have ceased to be offered: because the","worshippers once cleansed should have no conscience of sin any longer."],"3":["But in them there is made a commemoration of sins every year:"],"4":["For it is impossible that with the blood of oxen and goats sin","should be taken away."],"5":["Wherefore, when he cometh into the world he saith: Sacrifice and","oblation thou wouldest not: but a body thou hast fitted to me."],"6":["Holocausts for sin did not please thee."],"7":["Then said I: Behold I come: in the head of the book it is written","of me: that I should do thy will, O God."],"8":["In saying before, Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for","sin thou wouldest not, neither are they pleasing to thee, which are","offered according to the law."],"9":["Then said I: Behold, I come to do thy will, O God: He taketh away","the first, that he may establish that which followeth."],"10":["In the which will, we are sanctified by the oblation of the body","of Jesus Christ once."],"11":["And every priest indeed standeth daily ministering and often","offering the same sacrifices which can never take away sins."],"12":["But this man, offering one sacrifice for sins, for ever sitteth","on the right hand of God,"],"13":["From henceforth expecting until his enemies be made his","footstool."],"14":["For by one oblation he hath perfected for ever them that are","sanctified."],"15":["And the Holy Ghost also doth testify this to us. For after that","he said:"],"16":["And this is the testament which I will make unto them after those","days, saith the Lord. I will give my laws in their hearts and on their","minds will I write them:"],"17":["And their sins and iniquities I will remember no more."],"18":["Now, where there is a remission of these, there is no more an","oblation for sin."],"19":["Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the","holies by the blood of Christ:"],"20":["A new and living way which he hath dedicated for us through the","veil, that is to say, his flesh:"],"21":["And a high priest over the house of God:"],"22":["Let us draw near with a true heart, in fulness of faith, having","our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with","clean water."],"23":["Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering (for","he is faithful that hath promised):"],"24":["And let us consider one another, to provoke unto charity and to","good works:"],"25":["Not forsaking our assembly, as some are accustomed: but","comforting one another, and so much the more as you see the day","approaching."],"26":["For if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth,","there is now left no sacrifice for sins:"],"27":["But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a","fire which shall consume the adversaries."],"28":["A man making void the law of Moses dieth without any mercy under","two or three witnesses:"],"29":["How much more, do you think he deserveth worse punishments, who","hath trodden under foot the Son of God and hath esteemed the blood of","the testament unclean, by which he was sanctified, and hath offered an","affront to the Spirit of grace?"],"30":["For we know him that hath said: Vengeance belongeth to me, and I","will repay. And again: The Lord shall judge his people."],"31":["It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."],"32":["But call to mind the former days, wherein, being illuminated, you","endured a great fight of afflictions."],"33":["And on the one hand indeed, by reproaches and tribulations, were","made a gazingstock; and on the other, became companions of them that","were used in such sort."],"34":["For you both had compassion on them that were in bands and took","with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a","better and a lasting substance."],"35":["Do not therefore lose your confidence which hath a great reward."],"36":["For patience is necessary for you: that, doing the will of God,","you may receive the promise."],"37":["For yet a little and a very little while, and he that is to come","will come and will not delay."],"38":["But my just man liveth by faith: but if he withdraw himself, he","shall not please my soul."],"39":["But we are not the children of withdrawing unto perdition, but of","faith to the saving of the soul."]},"footnotes":{"2":["They would have ceased... If they had been of themselves perfect to all","the intents of redemption and remission, as Christ's death is there","would have been no occasion of so often repeating them: as there is no","occasion for Christ's dying any more for our sins."],"18":["There is no more an oblation for sin... Where there is a full remission","of sins, as in baptism, there is no more occasion for a sin offering to","be made for such sins already remitted; and as for sins committed","afterwards, they can only be remitted in virtue of the one oblation of","Christ's death."],"26":["If we sin wilfully... He speaks of the sin of wilful apostasy from the","known truth; after which, as we can not be baptized again, we can not","expect to have that abundant remission of sins, which Christ purchased","by his death, applied to our souls in that ample manner as it is in","baptism: but we have rather all manner of reason to look for a dreadful","judgment; the more because apostates from the known truth, seldom or","never have the grace to return to it."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 11"],"intro":["What faith is. Its wonderful fruits and efficacy demonstrated in the","fathers."],"contents":{"1":["Now, faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the","evidence of things that appear not."],"2":["For by this the ancients obtained a testimony."],"3":["By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of","God: that from invisible things visible things might be made."],"4":["By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain,","by which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving testimony","to his gifts. And by it he being dead yet speaketh."],"5":["By faith Henoch was translated that he should not see death: and","he was not found because God had translated him. For before his","translation he had testimony that he pleased God."],"6":["But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that","cometh to God must believe that he is: and is a rewarder to them that","seek him."],"7":["By faith Noe, having received an answer concerning those things","which as yet were not seen, moved with fear, framed the ark for the","saving of his house: by the which he condemned the world and was","instituted heir of the justice which is by faith."],"8":["By faith he that is called Abraham obeyed to go out into a place","which he was to receive for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing","whither he went."],"9":["By faith he abode in the land of promise, as in a strange country,","dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same","promise."],"10":["For he looked for a city that hath foundations: whose builder and","maker is God."],"11":["By faith also Sara herself, being barren, received strength to","conceive seed, even past the time of age: because she believed that he","was faithful who had promised,"],"12":["For which cause there sprung even from one (and him as good as","dead) as the stars of heaven in multitude and as the sand which is by","the sea shore innumerable."],"13":["All these died according to faith, not having received the","promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing","that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth."],"14":["For they that say these things do signify that they seek a","country."],"15":["And truly, if they had been mindful of that from whence they came","out, they had doubtless, time to return."],"16":["But now they desire a better, that is to say, a heavenly country.","Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath","prepared for them a city."],"17":["By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered Isaac: and he that","had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,"],"18":["(To whom it was said: In Isaac shalt thy seed be called:)"],"19":["Accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead.","Whereupon also he received him for a parable."],"20":["By faith also of things to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau."],"21":["By faith Jacob, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and","adored the top of his rod."],"22":["By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the going out","of the children of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones."],"23":["By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his","parents: because they saw he was a comely babe, and they feared not the","king's edict."],"24":["By faith Moses, when he was grown up, denied himself to be the","son of Pharao's daughter:"],"25":["Rather choosing to be afflicted with the people of God than to","have the pleasure of sin for a time:"],"26":["Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasure","of the Egyptians. For he looked unto the reward."],"27":["By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the fierceness of the king:","for he endured, as seeing him that is invisible."],"28":["By faith he celebrated the pasch and the shedding of the blood:","that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them."],"29":["By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as by dry land: which","the Egyptians attempting, were swallowed up."],"30":["By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, by the going round them","seven days."],"31":["By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with the unbelievers,","receiving the spies with peace."],"32":["And what shall I yet say? For the time would fail me to tell of","Gedeon, Barac, Samson, Jephthe, David, Samuel, and the prophets:"],"33":["Who by faith conquered kingdoms, wrought justice, obtained","promises, stopped the mouths of lions,"],"34":["Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword,","recovered strength from weakness, became valiant in battle, put to","flight the armies of foreigners."],"35":["Women received their dead raised to life again. But others were","racked, not accepting deliverance, that they might find a better","resurrection."],"36":["And others had trial of mockeries and stripes: moreover also of","bands and prisons."],"37":["They were stoned, they were cut asunder, they were tempted, they","were put to death by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in","goatskins, being in want, distressed, afflicted:"],"38":["Of whom the world was not worthy: wandering in deserts, in","mountains and in dens and in caves of the earth."],"39":["And all these, being approved by the testimony of faith, received","not the promise:"],"40":["God providing some better thing for us, that they should not be","perfected without us."]},"footnotes":{"8":["He that is called Abraham... or, Abraham being called."],"19":["For a parable... That is, as a figure of Christ, slain and coming to","life again."],"21":["Adored the top of his rod... The apostle here follows the ancient Greek","Bible of the seventy interpreters, (which translates in this manner,","Gen. 47. 31.,) and alleges this fact of Jacob, in paying a relative","honour and veneration to the top of the rod or sceptre of Joseph, as to","a figure of Christ's sceptre and kingdom, as an instance and argument of","his faith.  But some translators, who are no friends to this relative","honour, have corrupted the text, by translating it, he worshipped,","leaning upon the top of his staff; as if this circumstance of leaning","upon his staff were any argument of Jacob's faith, or worthy the being","thus particularly taken notice of by the Holy Ghost."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 12"],"intro":["Exhortation to constancy under their crosses. The danger of abusing the","graces of the New Testament."],"contents":{"1":["And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over","our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us","run by patience to the fight proposed to us:"],"2":["Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who, having","joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now","sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God."],"3":["For think diligently upon him that endured such opposition from","sinners against himself that you be not wearied, fainting in your minds."],"4":["For you have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin."],"5":["And you have forgotten the consolation which speaketh to you, as","unto children, saying: My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord:","neither be thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by him."],"6":["For whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth: and he scourgeth every son","whom he receiveth."],"7":["Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons.","For what son is there whom the father doth not correct?"],"8":["But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are made","partakers, then are you bastards and not sons."],"9":["Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh for instructors, and we","reverenced them. Shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits and","live?"],"10":["And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure,","instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his","sanctification."],"11":["Now all chastisement for the present indeed seemeth not to bring","with it joy, but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield to them that are","exercised by it the most peaceable fruit of justice."],"12":["Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble","knees:"],"13":["And make straight steps with your feet: that no one, halting, may","go out of the way; but rather be healed."],"14":["Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man","shall see God."],"15":["Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting to the grace of God:","lest any root of bitterness springing up do hinder and by it many be","defiled:"],"16":["Lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau who for","one mess sold his first birthright."],"17":["For know ye that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the","benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place of repentance,","although with tears he had sought it."],"18":["For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched and a","burning fire and a whirlwind and darkness and storm,"],"19":["And the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, which they","that had excused themselves, that the word might not be spoken to them."],"20":["For they did not endure that which was said: and if so much as a","beast shall touch the mount, it shall be stoned."],"21":["And so terrible was that which was seen, Moses said: I am","frighted, and tremble."],"22":["But you are come to mount Sion and to the city of the living God,","the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of angels,"],"23":["And to the church of the firstborn who are written in the","heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just","made perfect,"],"24":["And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the","sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel."],"25":["See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped","not who refused him that spoke upon earth, much more shall not we that","turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven."],"26":["Whose voice then moved the earth; but now he promiseth, saying:","Yet once more: and I will move, not only the earth, but heaven also."],"27":["And in that he saith: Yet once more, he signifieth the","translation of the moveable things as made, that those things may remain","which are immoveable."],"28":["Therefore, receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace:","whereby let us serve, pleasing God, with fear and reverence."],"29":["For our God is a consuming fire."]},"footnotes":{"17":["He found, etc... That is, he found no way to bring his father to repent,","or change his mind, with relation to his having given the blessing to","his younger brother Jacob."]}},{"title":["Hebrews Chapter 13"],"intro":["Divers admonitions and exhortations."],"contents":{"1":["Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you."],"2":["And hospitality do not forget: for by this some, being not aware","of it, have entertained angels."],"3":["Remember them that are in bands, as if you were bound with them:","and them that labour, as being yourselves also in the body."],"4":["Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators","and adulterers God will judge."],"5":["Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such","things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither","will I forsake thee."],"6":["So that we may confidently say: The Lord is my helper: I will not","fear what man shall do to me."],"7":["Remember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you:","whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation,"],"8":["Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today: and the same for ever."],"9":["Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best","that the heart be established with grace, not with meats: which have not","profited those that walk in them."],"10":["We have an altar whereof they have no power to eat who serve the","tabernacle."],"11":["For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the","holies by the high priest for sin are burned without the camp."],"12":["Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his","own blood, suffered without the gate."],"13":["Let us go forth therefore to him without the camp, bearing his","reproach.","Let us go forth therefore to him without the camp, bearing his"],"14":["For, we have not here a lasting city: but we seek one that is to","come."],"15":["By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise always to","God, that is to say, the fruit of lips confessing to his name."],"16":["And do not forget to do good and to impart: for by such","sacrifices God's favour is obtained."],"17":["Obey your prelates and be subject to them. For they watch as","being to render an account of your souls: that they may do this with joy","and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you."],"18":["Pray for us. For we trust we have a good conscience, being","willing to behave ourselves well in all things."],"19":["And I beseech you the more to do this, that I may be restored to","you the sooner."],"20":["And may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the","great pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the blood of the","everlasting testament,"],"21":["Fit you in all goodness, that you may do his will; doing in you","that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom","is glory for ever and ever. Amen."],"22":["And I beseech you, brethren, that you suffer this word of","consolation. For I have written to you in a few words."],"23":["Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty: with whom (if","he come shortly) I will see you."],"24":["Salute all your prelates and all the saints. The brethren from","Italy salute you."],"25":["Grace be with you all. Amen."]},"footnotes":{"4":["Or, Let marriage be honourable in all... That is, in all things","belonging to the marriage state. This is a warning to married people,","not to abuse the sanctity of their state, by any liberties or","irregularities contrary thereunto. Now it does not follow from this text","that all persons are obliged to marry, even if the word omnibus were","rendered, in all persons, instead of in all things: for if it was a","precept, St. Paul himself would have transgressed it, as he never","married. Moreover, those who have already made a vow to God to lead a","single life, should they attempt to marry, they would incur their own","damnation. 1 Tim. 5. 12."],"13":["reproach... That is, bearing his cross. It is an exhortation to them to","be willing to suffer with Christ, reproaches, persecutions, and even","death, if they desire to partake of the benefit of his suffering for","man's redemption."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE CATHOLIC EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE"],"intro":["This Epistle is called Catholic or Universal, as formerly were also the","two Epistles of St. Peter, the first of St. John and that of St. Jude,","because they were not written to any peculiar people or particular","person, but to the faithful in general. It was written by the apostle","St. James, called the Less, who was also called the brother of our Lord,","being his kinsman (for cousins german with the Hebrews were called","brothers). He was the first Bishop of Jerusalem. In this Epistle are set","forth many precepts appertaining to faith and morals; particularly, that","faith without good works will not save a man and that true wisdom is","given only from above. In the fifth chapter he publishes the sacrament","of anointing the sick. It was written a short time before his martyrdom,","about twenty-eight years after our Lord's Ascension."],"contents":[{"title":["James Chapter 1"],"intro":["The benefit of tribulations. Prayer with faith. God is the author of all","good, but not of evil. We must be slow to anger and not hearers only,","but doers of the word. Of bridling the tongue and of pure religion."],"contents":{"1":["James, the servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the","twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting."],"2":["My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers","temptations:"],"3":["Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience"],"4":["And patience hath a perfect work: that you may be perfect and","entire, failing in nothing."],"5":["But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all","men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him."],"6":["But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is","like a wave of the sea, which is moved and carried about by the wind."],"7":["Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of","the Lord."],"8":["A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways."],"9":["But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:"],"10":["And the rich, in his being low: because as the flower of the grass","shall he pass away."],"11":["For the sun rose with a burning heat and parched the grass: and","the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof","perished. So also shall the rich man fade away in his ways."],"12":["Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath","been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised","to them that love him."],"13":["Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For","God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man."],"14":["But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn","away and allured."],"15":["Then, when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin.","But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death."],"16":["Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren."],"17":["Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down","from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of","alteration."],"18":["For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that","we might be some beginning of his creature."],"19":["You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear,","but slow to speak and slow to anger."],"20":["For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God."],"21":["Wherefore, casting away all uncleanness and abundance of","naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to","save your souls."],"22":["But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your","own selves."],"23":["For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be","compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass."],"24":["For he beheld himself and went his way and presently forgot what","manner of man he was."],"25":["But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty and hath","continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer but a doer of the","work: this man shall be blessed in his deed."],"26":["And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his","tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain."],"27":["Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to","visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep one's","self unspotted from this world."]},"footnotes":{"2":["Into divers temptations... The word temptation, in this epistle, is","sometimes taken for trials by afflictions or persecutions, as in this","place: at other times, it is to be understood, tempting, enticing, or","drawing others into sin."],"18":["Some beginning... That is, a kind of first fruits of his creatures."]}},{"title":["James Chapter 2"],"intro":["Against respect of persons. The danger of transgressing one point of the","law. Faith is dead without works."],"contents":{"1":["My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory,","with respect of persons."],"2":["For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden","ring, in fine apparel; and there shall come in also a poor man in mean","attire:"],"3":["And you have respect to him that is clothed with the fine apparel","and shall say to him: Sit thou here well: but say to the poor man: Stand","thou there, or: Sit under my footstool:"],"4":["Do you not judge within yourselves, and are become judges of unjust","thoughts?"],"5":["Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this","world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to","them that love him?"],"6":["But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you","by might? And do not they draw you before the judgment seats?"],"7":["Do not they blaspheme the good name that is invoked upon you?"],"8":["If then you fulfil the royal law, according to the scriptures: Thou","shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; you do well."],"9":["But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved","by the law as transgressors."],"10":["And whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offend in one point,","is become guilty of all."],"11":["For he that said: Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also: Thou","shalt not kill. Now if thou do not commit adultery, but shalt kill, thou","art become a transgressor of the law."],"12":["So speak ye and so do, as being to be judged by the law of","liberty."],"13":["For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy.  And","mercy exalteth itself above judgment."],"14":["What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but","hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?"],"15":["And if a brother or sister be naked and want daily food:"],"16":["And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled;","yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what","shall it profit?"],"17":["So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself."],"18":["But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works.  Shew me","thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith."],"19":["Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils","also believe and tremble."],"20":["But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?"],"21":["Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac","his son upon the altar?"],"22":["Seest thou that faith did cooperate with his works and by works","faith was made perfect?"],"23":["And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and","it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God."],"24":["Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith","only?"],"25":["And in like manner also Rahab the harlot, was not she justified by","works, receiving the messengers and sending them out another way?"],"26":["For even as the body without the spirit is dead: so also faith","without works is dead."]},"footnotes":{"1":["With respect of persons... The meaning is, that in matters relating to","faith, the administering of the sacraments, and other spiritual","functions in God's church, there should be no respect of persons; but","that the souls of the poor should be as much regarded as those of the","rich. See Deut. 1.17."],"10":["Guilty of all... That is, he becomes a transgressor of the law in such a","manner, that the observing of all other points will not avail him to","salvation; for he despises the lawgiver, and breaks through the great","and general commandment of charity, even by one mortal sin. For all the","precepts of the law are to be considered as one total and entire law,","and as it were a chain of precepts, where, by breaking one link of this","chain, the whole chain is broken, or the integrity of the law consisting","of a collection of precepts. A sinner, therefore, by a grievous offence","against any one precept, incurs eternal punishment; yet the punishment","in hell shall be greater for those who have been greater sinners, as a","greater reward shall be for those in heaven who have lived with greater","sanctity and perfection."]}},{"title":["James Chapter 3"],"intro":["Of the evils of the tongue. Of the difference between the earthly and","heavenly wisdom."],"contents":{"1":["Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the","greater judgment."],"2":["For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word,","the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about","the whole body."],"3":["For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey","us: and we turn about their whole body."],"4":["Behold also ships, whereas they are great and are driven by strong","winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the","force of the governor willeth."],"5":["Even so the tongue is indeed a little member and boasteth great","things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood."],"6":["And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed","among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel","of our nativity, being set on fire by hell."],"7":["For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of the","rest is tamed and hath been tamed, by the nature of man."],"8":["But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly","poison."],"9":["By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men who are","made after the likeness of God."],"10":["Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My","brethren, these things ought not so to be."],"11":["Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter","water?"],"12":["Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes? Or the vine, figs? So","neither can the salt water yield sweet."],"13":["Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge, among you? Let him","shew, by a good contestation, his work in the meekness of wisdom."],"14":["But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contention in your","hearts: glory not and be not liars against the truth."],"15":["For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly,","sensual, devilish."],"16":["For where envying and contention is: there is inconstancy and","every evil work."],"17":["But the wisdom that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then","peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of","mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation."],"18":["And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make","peace."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["James Chapter 4"],"intro":["The evils that flow from yielding to concupiscence and being friends to","this world. Admonitions against pride, detraction and the like."],"contents":{"1":["From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence,","from your concupiscences, which war in your members?"],"2":["You covet, and have not: you kill and envy and cannot obtain.  You","contend and war, and you have not: because you ask not."],"3":["You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may","consume it on your concupiscences."],"4":["Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the","enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world","becometh an enemy of God."],"5":["Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the","spirit covet which dwelleth in you?"],"6":["But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the","proud and giveth grace to the humble."],"7":["Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly","from you."],"8":["Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands,","ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded."],"9":["Be afflicted and mourn and weep: let your laughter be turned into","mourning and your joy into sorrow."],"10":["Be humbled in the sight of the Lord: and he will exalt you."],"11":["Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his","brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law and judgeth","the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but","a judge."],"12":["There is one lawgiver and judge, that is able to destroy and to","deliver."],"13":["But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that","say: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will","spend a year and will traffic and make our gain."],"14":["Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow."],"15":["For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little","while and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the","Lord will, and, If we shall live, we will do this or that."],"16":["But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is","wicked."],"17":["To him therefore who knoweth to do good and doth it not, to him it","is sin."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["James Chapter 5"],"intro":["A woe to the rich that oppress the poor. Exhortations to patience and to","avoid swearing. Of the anointing the sick, confession of sins and","fervour in prayer."],"contents":{"1":["Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall","come upon you."],"2":["Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten."],"3":["Your gold and silver is cankered: and the rust of them shall be for","a testimony against you and shall eat your flesh like fire.  You have","stored up to yourselves wrath against the last days."],"4":["Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields,","which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them","hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth."],"5":["You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished","your hearts, in the day of slaughter."],"6":["You have condemned and put to death the Just One: and he resisted","you not."],"7":["Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord.","Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth:","patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain."],"8":["Be you therefore also patient and strengthen your hearts: for the","coming of the Lord is at hand."],"9":["Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be","judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door."],"10":["Take, my brethren, for example of suffering evil, of labour and","patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord."],"11":["Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard","of the patience of Job and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the","Lord is merciful and compassionate."],"12":["But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven,","nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be: Yea,","Yea: No, No: that you fall not under judgment."],"13":["Is any of you sad? Let him pray: Is he cheerful in mind? Let him","sing."],"14":["Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the","church and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of","the Lord."],"15":["And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man. And the Lord","shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him."],"16":["Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for","another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man","availeth much."],"17":["Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed","that it might not rain upon the earth. And it rained not for three years","and six months."],"18":["And he prayed again. And the heaven gave rain: and the earth","brought forth her fruit."],"19":["My brethren, if any of you err from the truth and one convert him:"],"20":["He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the","error of his way shall save his soul from death and shall cover a","multitude of sins."]},"footnotes":{"14":["Let him bring in, etc... See here a plain warrant of scripture for the","sacrament of extreme unction, that any controversy against its","institution would be against the express words of the sacred text in the","plainest terms."],"16":["Confess your sins one to another... That is, to the priests of the","church, whom (ver.14) he had ordered to be called for, and brought in to","the sick; moreover, to confess to persons who had no power to forgive","sins, would be useless. Hence the precept here means, that we must","confess to men whom Gkod hath appointed, and who, by their ordination","and jurisdiction, have received the power of remitting sins in his name."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE PROPHECY OF JOEL"],"intro":["JOEL, whose name, according to ST. JEROME, signifies THE LORD GOD: or,","as others say, THE COMING DOWN OF GOD: prophesied about the same time in","the kingdom of Judea, as OSEE did in the kingdom of Israel. He foretells","under figure the great evils that were coming upon the people for their","sins: earnestly exhorts them to repentance: and comforts them with the","promise of a TEACHER OF JUSTICE, viz., CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD, and of the","coming down of his holy SPIRIT."],"contents":[{"title":["Joel Chapter 1"],"intro":["The prophet describes the judgments that shall fall upon the people, and","invites them to fasting and prayer."],"contents":{"1":["The word of the Lord, that came to Joel, the son of Phatuel."],"2":["Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the","land: did this ever happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers?"],"3":["Tell ye of this to your children, and let your children tell their","children, and their children to another generation."],"4":["That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and","that which the locust hath left, the bruchus hath eaten: and that which","the bruchus hath left, the mildew hath destroyed."],"5":["Awake, ye that are drunk, and weep, and mourn all ye that take","delight; in drinking sweet wine: for it is cut off from your mouth."],"6":["For a nation come up upon my land, strong, and without number: his","teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion's","whelp."],"7":["He hath laid my vineyard waste, and hath pilled off the bark of my","fig tree: he hath stripped it bare, and cast it away; the branches","thereof are made white."],"8":["Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her","youth."],"9":["Sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of the Lord: the","priests, the Lord's ministers, have mourned:"],"10":["The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is","wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished."],"11":["The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the","wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished."],"12":["The vineyard is confounded, and the fig tree hath languished: the","pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the apple tree, and all the","trees of the field are withered: because joy is withdrawn from the","children of men."],"13":["Gird yourselves, and lament, O ye priests, howl, ye ministers of","the altars: go in, lie in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: because","sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of your God."],"14":["Sanctify ye a fast, call an assembly, gather together the","ancients, all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God:","and cry ye to the Lord:"],"15":["Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand,","and it shall come like destruction from the mighty."],"16":["Is not your food cut off before your eyes, joy and gladness from","the house of our God?"],"17":["The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the","storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded."],"18":["Why did the beasts groan, why did the herds of cattle low?","because there is no pasture for them: yea, and the flocks of sheep are","perished."],"19":["To thee, O Lord, will I cry: because fire hath devoured the","beautiful places of the wilderness: and the flame hath burnt all the","trees of the country."],"20":["Yea, and the beasts of the field have looked up to thee, as a","garden bed that thirsteth after rain, for the springs of waters are","dried up, and fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness."]},"footnotes":{"4":["That which the palmerworm hath left, etc... Some understand this","literally of the desolation of the land by these insects: others","understand it of the different invasions of the Chaldeans, or other","enemies."]}},{"title":["Joel Chapter 2"],"intro":[],"contents":{"1":["Blow ye the trumpet in Sion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain,","let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: because the day of the Lord","cometh, because it is nigh at hand."],"2":["A day of darkness, and of gloominess, a day of clouds and","whirlwinds: a numerous and strong people as the morning spread upon the","mountains: the like to it hath not been from the beginning, nor shall be","after it, even to the years of generation and generation."],"3":["Before the face thereof a devouring fire, and behind it a burning","flame: the land is like a garden of pleasure before it, and behind it a","desolate wilderness, neither is there any one that can escape it."],"4":["The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and they","shall run like horsemen."],"5":["They shall leap like the noise of chariots upon the tops of","mountains, like the noise of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, as a","strong people prepared to battle."],"6":["At their presence the people shall be in grievous pains: all faces","shall be made like a kettle."],"7":["They shall run like valiant men: like men of war they shall scale","the wall: the men shall march every one on his way, and they shall not","turn aside from their ranks."],"8":["No one shall press upon his brother: they shall walk every one in","his path: yea, and they shall fall through the windows, and shall take","no harm."],"9":["They shall enter into the city: they shall run upon the wall, they","shall climb up the houses, they shall come in at the windows, as a","thief."],"10":["At their presence the earth hath trembled, the heavens are moved:","the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their","shining."],"11":["And the Lord hath uttered his voice before the face of his army:","for his armies are exceedingly great, for they are strong, and execute","his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible: and who","can stand it?"],"12":["Now, therefore, saith the Lord. Be converted to me with all your","heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and mourning."],"13":["And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord","your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy,","and ready to repent of the evil."],"14":["Who knoweth but he will return, and forgive, and leave a blessing","behind him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord your God?"],"15":["Blow the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly,"],"16":["Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the","ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the","breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of","her bridal chamber."],"17":["Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord's ministers,","shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not","thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why","should they say among the nations: Where is their God?"],"18":["The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and hath spared his","people."],"19":["And the Lord answered, and said to his people: Behold I will send","you corn, and wine, and oil, and you shall be filled with them: and I","will no more make you a reproach among the nations."],"20":["And I will remove far off from you the northern enemy: and I will","drive him into a land unpassable, and desert, with his face towards the","east sea, and his hinder part towards the utmost sea: and his stench","shall ascend, and his rottenness shall go up, because he hath done","proudly."],"21":["Fear not, O land, be glad, and rejoice: for the Lord hath done","great things."],"22":["Fear not, ye beasts of the fields: for the beautiful places of the","wilderness are sprung, for the tree hath brought forth its fruit, the","fig tree, and the vine have yielded their strength."],"23":["And you, O children of Sion, rejoice, and be joyful in the Lord","your God: because he hath given you a teacher of justice, and he will","make the early and the latter rain to come down to you as in the","beginning."],"24":["And the floors shall be filled with wheat, and the presses shall","overflow with wine, and oil."],"25":["And I will restore to you the years which the locust, and the","bruchus, and the mildew, and the palmerworm hath eaten; my great host","which I sent upon you."],"26":["And you shall eat in plenty, and shall be filled and you shall","praise the name of the Lord your God; who hath done wonders with you,","and my people shall not be confounded for ever."],"27":["And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: and I am the","Lord your God, and there is none besides: and my people shall not be","confounded forever."],"28":["And it shall come to pass after this, that I will pour out my","spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy:","your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions."],"29":["Moreover, upon my servants and handmaids in those days I will pour","forth my spirit."],"30":["And I will shew wonders in heaven; and in earth, blood, and fire,","and vapour of smoke."],"31":["The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood:","before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come."],"32":["And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall call upon the","name of the Lord, shall be saved: for in Mount Sion, and in Jerusalem","shall be salvation, as the Lord hath said, and in the residue whom the","Lord shall call."]},"footnotes":{"1":["The day of the Lord... That is, the time when he will execute justice","upon sinners."],"2":["A numerous and strong people... The Assyrians, or Chaldeans. Others","understand all this of an army of locusts laying waste the land."],"20":["The northern enemy... Some understand this of Holofernes and his army:","others, of the locusts."]}},{"title":["Joel Chapter 3"],"intro":[],"contents":{"1":["For behold in those days, and in that time when I shall bring back","the captivity of Juda, and Jerusalem:"],"2":["I will gather together all nations and will bring them down into","the valley of Josaphat: and I will plead with them there for my people,","and for my inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the","nations, and have parted my land."],"3":["And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put","in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might","drink."],"4":["But what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the","coast of the Philistines? will you revenge yourselves on me? and if you","revenge yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a recompense upon","your own head."],"5":["For you have taken away my silver, and my gold: and my desirable,","and most beautiful things you have carried into your temples."],"6":["And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem, you have","sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off","from their own country."],"7":["Behold, I will raise them up out of the place wherein you have sold","them: and I will return your recompense upon your own heads."],"8":["And I will sell your sons, and your daughters, by the hands of the","children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far","off, for the Lord hath spoken it."],"9":["Proclaim ye this among the nations: Prepare war, raise up the","strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up."],"10":["Cut your ploughshares into swords, and your spades into spears.","Let the weak say: I am strong."],"11":["Break forth, and come, all ye nations from round about, and gather","yourselves together: there will the Lord cause all thy strong ones to","fall down."],"12":["Let them arise, and let the nations come up into the valley of","Josaphat: for there I will sit to judge all nations round about."],"13":["Put ye in the sickles, for the harvest is ripe: come and go down,","for the press is full, the fats run over: for their wickedness is","multiplied."],"14":["Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the","Lord is near in the valley of destruction."],"15":["The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn","their shining."],"16":["And the Lord shall roar out of Sion, and utter his voice from","Jerusalem: and the heavens and the earth shall be moved, and the Lord","shall be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of","Israel."],"17":["And you shall know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Sion,","my holy mountain: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall pass","through it no more."],"18":["And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall","drop down sweetness, and the hills shall flow with milk: and waters","shall flow through all the rivers of Juda: and a fountain shall come","forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the torrent of thorns."],"19":["Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a wilderness destroyed:","because they have done unjustly against the children of Juda, and have","shed innocent blood in their land."],"20":["And Judea shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to generation","and generation."],"21":["And I will cleanse their blood, which I had not cleansed: and the","Lord will dwell in Sion."]},"footnotes":{"18":["A fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, etc... Viz., the","fountain of grace in the church militant, and of glory in the church","triumphant: which shall water the torrent or valley of thorns, that is,","the souls that before, like barren ground brought forth nothing but","thorns; or that were afflicted with the thorns of crosses and","tribulations."],"20":["Judea--and Jerusalem... That is, the spiritual Jerusalem, viz., the","church of Christ."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE"],"intro":["The same vein of divine love and charity towards our neighbour, which","runs throughout the Gospel written by the beloved disciple and","Evangelist, St. John, is found also in his Epistles. He confirms the two","principal mysteries of faith: The mystery of the Trinity and the mystery","of the incarnation of Jesus Christ the Son of God. The sublimity and","excellence of the evangelical doctrine he declares: And this commandment","we have from God, that he, who loveth God, love also his brother (chap.","4,21). And again: For this is the charity of God, that we keep his","commandments, and: His commandments are not heavy (chap. 5,3).  He shews","how to distinguish the children of God from those of the devil: marks","out those who should be called Antichrists: describes the turpitude and","gravity of sin. Finally, he shews how the sinner may hope for pardon. It","was written, according to Baronius' account, sixty-six years after our","Lord's Ascension."],"contents":[{"title":["1 John Chapter 1"],"intro":["He declares what he has seen and heard of Christ who is the life","eternal, to the end that we may have fellowship with God and all good","through him. Yet so if we confess our sins."],"contents":{"1":["That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we","have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have","handled, of the word of life."],"2":["For the life was manifested: and we have seen and do bear witness","and declare unto you the life eternal, which was with the Father and","hath appeared to us."],"3":["That which we have seen and have heard, we declare unto you: that","you also may have fellowship with us and our fellowship may be with the","Father and with his Son Jesus Christ."],"4":["And these things we write to you, that you may rejoice and your joy","may be full."],"5":["And this is the declaration which we have heard from him and","declare unto you: That God is light and in him there is no darkness."],"6":["If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we","lie and do not the truth."],"7":["But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have","fellowship one with another: And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son","cleanseth us from all sin."],"8":["If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth","is not in us."],"9":["If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our","sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity."],"10":["If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar: and his","word is not in us."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["1 John Chapter 2"],"intro":["Christ is our advocate. We must keep his commandments and love one","another. We must not love the world nor give ear to new teachers, but","abide by the spirit of God in the church."],"contents":{"1":["My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not","sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus","Christ the just."],"2":["And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not","for ours only, but also for those of the whole world."],"3":["And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his","commandments."],"4":["He who saith that he knoweth him and keepeth not his commandments","is a liar: and the truth is not in him."],"5":["But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of","God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him."],"6":["He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as","he walked."],"7":["Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old","commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the","word which you have heard."],"8":["Again a new commandment I write unto you: which thing is true both","in him and in you, because the darkness is passed and the true light now","shineth."],"9":["He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in","darkness even until now."],"10":["He that loveth his brother abideth in the light: and there is no","scandal in him."],"11":["But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in","darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth: because the darkness hath","blinded his eyes."],"12":["I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven","you for his name's sake."],"13":["I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from","the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome","the wicked one."],"14":["I write unto you, babes, because you have known the Father. I","write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God","abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one."],"15":["Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any","man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him."],"16":["For all that is in the world is the concupiscence of the flesh and","the concupiscence of the eyes and the pride of life, which is not of the","Father but is of the world."],"17":["And the world passeth away and the concupiscence thereof: but he","that doth the will of God abideth for ever."],"18":["Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that","Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby","we know that it is the last hour."],"19":["They went out from us but they were not of us. For if they had","been of us, they would no doubt have remained with us: but that they may","be manifest, that they are not all of us."],"20":["But you have the unction from the Holy One and know all things."],"21":["I have not written to you as to them that know not the truth, but","as to them that know it: and that no lie is of the truth."],"22":["Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ?  This","is Antichrist, who denieth the Father and the Son."],"23":["Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that","confesseth the Son hath the Father also."],"24":["As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning abide","in you. If that abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning,","you also shall abide in the Son and in the Father."],"25":["And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life","everlasting."],"26":["These things have I written to you concerning them that seduce","you."],"27":["And as for you, let the unction, which you have received from him","abide in you. And you have no need that any man teach you: but as his","unction teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lie. And as it","hath taught you, abide in him."],"28":["And now, little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear","we may have confidence and not be confounded by him at his coming."],"29":["If you know that he is just, know ye, that every one also who doth","justice is born of him."]},"footnotes":{"3":["We have known him, if we keep his commandments...  He speaks of that","practical knowledge by love and affection, which can only be proved by","our keeping his commandments; and without which we can not be said to","know God as we should do."],"8":["A new commandment... Viz., the commandment of love, which was first","given in the old law; but was renewed and extended by Christ.  See John","13.34."],"18":["It is the last hour... That is, it is the last age of the world.  Many","Antichrists;... that is, many heretics, enemies of Christ and his","church, and forerunners of the great Antichrist."],"19":["They were not of us... That is, they were not solid, steadfast, genuine","Christians: otherwise they would have remained in the church."],"20":["The unction from the Holy One... That is, grace and wisdom from the Holy","Ghost. Know all things... The true children of God's church, remaining","in unity, under the guidance of their lawful pastors, partake of the","grace of the Holy Ghost, promised to the church and her pastors; and","have in the church all necessary knowledge and instruction; so as to","have no need to seek it elsewhere, since it can be only found in that","society of which they are members."],"27":["You have no need, etc... You want not to be taught by any of these men,","who, under pretence of imparting more knowledge to you, seek to seduce","you (ver. 26), since you are sufficiently taught already, and have all","knowledge and grace in the church, with the unction of the Holy Ghost;","which these new teachers have no share in."]}},{"title":["1 John Chapter 3"],"intro":["Of the love of God to us. How we may distinguish the children of God and","those of the devil. Of loving one another and of purity of conscience."],"contents":{"1":["Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us,","that we should be called and should be the sons of God.  Therefore the","world knoweth not us, because it knew not him."],"2":["Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God: and it hath not yet","appeared what we shall be. We know that when he shall appear we shall be","like to him: because we shall see him as he is."],"3":["And every one that hath this hope in him sanctifieth himself, as he","also is holy."],"4":["Whosoever committeth sin committeth also iniquity. And sin is","iniquity."],"5":["And you know that he appeared to take away our sins: and in him","there is no sin."],"6":["Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: and whosoever sinneth hath","not seen him nor known him."],"7":["Little children, let no man deceive you. He that doth justice is","just, even as he is just."],"8":["He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from","the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might","destroy the works of the devil."],"9":["Whosoever is born of God committeth not sin: for his seed abideth","in him. And he cannot sin, because he is born of God."],"10":["In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the","devil. Whosoever is not just is not of God, or he that loveth not his","brother."],"11":["For this is the declaration which you have heard from the","beginning, that you should love one another."],"12":["Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother.","And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and","his brother's just."],"13":["Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you."],"14":["We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love","the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death."],"15":["Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no","murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself."],"16":["In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid","down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the","brethren."],"17":["He that hath the substance of this world and shall see his brother","in need and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of","God abide in him?"],"18":["My little children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in","deed and in truth."],"19":["In this we know that we are of the truth and in his sight shall","persuade our hearts."],"20":["For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart and","knoweth all things."],"21":["Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have","confidence towards God."],"22":["And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we","keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his","sight."],"23":["And this is his commandment: That we should believe in the name of","his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he hath given commandment","unto us."],"24":["And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in","him. And in this we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit which he","hath given us."]},"footnotes":{"4":["Iniquity... transgression of the law."],"6":["Sinneth not... viz., mortally. See chap. 1.8."],"9":["Committeth not sin... That is, as long as he keepeth in himself this","seed of grace, and this divine generation, by which he is born of God.","But then he may fall from this happy state, by the abuse of his free","will, as appears from Rom. 11.20-22; Cor. 9.27; and 10.12; Phil. 2.12;","Apoc. 3.11."]}},{"title":["1 John Chapter 4"],"intro":["What spirits are of God, and what are not. We must love one another,","because God has loved us."],"contents":{"1":["Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if","they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world."],"2":["By this is the spirit of God known. Every spirit which confesseth","that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:"],"3":["And every spirit that dissolveth Jesus is not of God. And this is","Antichrist, of whom you have heard that he cometh: and he is now already","in the world."],"4":["You are of God, little children, and have overcome him.  Because","greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."],"5":["They are of the world. Therefore of the world they speak: and the","world heareth them."],"6":["We are of God. He that knoweth God heareth us. He that is not of","God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit","of error."],"7":["Dearly beloved, let us love one another: for charity is of God. And","every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God."],"8":["He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is charity."],"9":["By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God","hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him."],"10":["In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he","hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins."],"11":["My dearest, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one","another."],"12":["No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God","abideth in us: and his charity is perfected in us."],"13":["In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he","hath given us of his spirit."],"14":["And we have seen and do testify that the Father hath sent his Son","to be the Saviour of the world."],"15":["Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth","in him, and he in God."],"16":["And we have known and have believed the charity which God hath to","us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity abideth in God, and","God in him."],"17":["In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we may have","confidence in the day of judgment: because as he is, we also are in this","world."],"18":["Fear is not in charity: but perfect charity casteth out fear,","because fear hath sin. And he that feareth is not perfected in charity."],"19":["Let us therefore love God: because God first hath loved us."],"20":["If any man say: I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a liar.","For he that loveth not his brother whom he seeth, how can he love God","whom he seeth not?"],"21":["And this commandment we have from God, that he who loveth God love","also his brother."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Try the spirits... Viz., by examining whether their teaching be","agreeable to the rule of the Catholic faith, and the doctrine of the","church. For as he says, (ver. 6,) He that knoweth God, heareth us [the","pastors of the church]. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the","spirit of error."],"2":["Every spirit which confesseth, etc... Not that the confession of this","point of faith alone, is, at all times, and in all cases, sufficient;","but that with relation to that time, and for that part of the Christian","doctrine, which was then particularly to be confessed, taught, and","maintained against the heretics of those days, this was the most proper","token, by which the true teachers might be distinguished form the false."],"3":["That dissolveth Jesus... Viz., either by denying his humanity, or his","divinity. He is now already in the world... Not in his person, but in","his spirit, and in his precursors."],"18":["Fear is not in charity, etc... Perfect charity, or love, banisheth human","fear, that is, the fear of men; as also all perplexing fear, which makes","men mistrust or despair of God's mercy; and that kind of servile fear,","which makes them fear the punishment of sin more than the offence","offered to God. But it no way excludes the wholesome fear of God's","judgments, so often recomended in holy writ; nor that fear and","trembling, with which we are told to work out our salvation. Phil. 2.12."]}},{"title":["1 John Chapter 5"],"intro":["Of them that are born of God, and of true charity. Faith overcomes the","world. Three that bear witness to Christ. Of faith in his name and of","sin that is and is not to death."],"contents":{"1":["Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God.  And","every one that loveth him who begot, loveth him also who is born of him."],"2":["In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God","and keep his commandments."],"3":["For this is the charity of God: That we keep his commandments.  And","his commandments are not heavy."],"4":["For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world. And this is the","victory which overcameth the world: Our faith."],"5":["Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that","Jesus is the Son of God?"],"6":["This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by water","only but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifieth that","Christ is the truth."],"7":["And there are Three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the","Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one."],"8":["And there are three that give testimony on earth: the spirit and","the water and the blood. And these three are one."],"9":["If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is","greater. For this is the testimony of God, which is greater, because he","hath testified of his Son."],"10":["He that believeth in the Son of God hath the testimony of God in","himself. He that believeth not the Son maketh him a liar: because he","believeth not in the testimony which God hath testified of his Son."],"11":["And this is the testimony that God hath given to us eternal life.","And this life is in his Son."],"12":["He that hath the Son hath life. He that hath not the Son hath not","life."],"13":["These things I write to you that you may know that you have","eternal life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God."],"14":["And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That,","whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us."],"15":["And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we","have the petitions which we request of him."],"16":["He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death,","let him ask: and life shall be given to him who sinneth not to death.","There is a sin unto death. For that I say not that any man ask."],"17":["All iniquity is sin. And there is a sin unto death."],"18":["We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not: but the","generation of God preserveth him and the wicked one toucheth him not."],"19":["We know that we are of God and the whole world is seated in","wickedness."],"20":["And we know that the Son of God is come. And he hath given us","understanding that we may know the true God and may be in his true Son.","This is the true God and life eternal.","And may be in his true Son. He is, or this is the true God, and life"],"21":["Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Is born of God... That is, is justified, and become a child of God by","baptism: which is also to be understood; provided the belief of this","fundamental article of the Christian faith be accompanied with all the","other conditions, which, by the word of God, and his appointment, are","also required to justification; such as a general belief of all that God","has revealed and promised: hope, love, repentance, and a sincere","disposition to keep God's holy law and commandments."],"4":["Our faith... Not a bare, speculative, or dead faith; but a faith that","worketh by charity. Gal. 5.6"],"6":["Came by water and blood... Not only to wash away our sins by the water","of baptism, but by his own blood."],"8":["The spirit, and the water, and the blood... As the Father, the Word, and","the Holy Ghost, all bear witness to Christ's divinity; so the spirit,","which he yielded up, crying out with a loud voice upon the cross; and","the water and blood that issued from his side, bear witness to his","humanity, and are one; that is, all agree in one testimony."],"10":["He that believeth not the Son, etc... By refusing to believe the","testimonies given by the three divine persons, that Jesus was the","Messias, and the true Son of God, by whom eternal life is obtained and","promised to all that comply with his doctrine. In him we have also this","lively confidence, that we shall obtain whatever we ask, according to","his will, when we ask what is for our good, with perseverance, and in","the manner we ought. And this we know, and have experience of, by having","obtained the petitions that we have made."],"16":["A sin which is not to death, etc... It is hard to determine what St.","John here calls a sin which is not to death, and a sin which is unto","death. The difference can not be the same as betwixt sins that are","called venial and mortal: for he says, that if a man pray for his","brother, who commits a sin that is not to death, life shall be given","him: therefore such a one had before lost the life of grace, and been","guilty of what is commonly called a mortal sin.  And when he speaks of a","sin that is unto death, and adds these words, for that I say not that","any man ask, it cannot be supposed that St. John would say this of every","mortal sin, but only of some heinous sins, which are very seldom","remitted, because such sinners very seldom repent. By a sin therefore","which is unto death, interpreters commonly understand a wilfull apostasy","from the faith, and from the known truth, when a sinner, hardened by his","own ingratitude, becomes deaf to all admonitions, will do nothing for","himself, but runs on to a final impenitence. Nor yet does St. John say,","that such a sin is never remitted, or cannnot be remitted, but only has","these words, for that I say not that any man ask the remission: that","is, though we must pray for all sinners whatsoever, yet men can not pray","for such sinners with such a confidence of obtaining always their","petitions, as St. John said before, ver. 14.  Whatever exposition we","follow on this verse, our faith teacheth us from the holy scriptures,","that God desires not the death of any sinner, but that he be converted","and live, Ezech. 33.11. Though men's sins be as red as scarlet, they","shall become as white as snow, Isa. 3.18. It is the will of God that","every one come to the knowledge of the truth, and be saved. There is no","sin so great but which God is willing to forgive, and has left a power","in his church to remit the most enormous sins: so that no sinner need","despair of pardon, nor will any sinner perist, but by his own fault. A","sin unto death... Some understand this of final impenitence, or of dying","in mortal sin; which is the only sin that never can be remitted. But, it","is probable, he may also comprise under this name, the sin of apostasy","from the faith, and some other such heinous sins as are seldom and","hardly remitted: and therefore he gives little encouragement, to such as","pray for these sinners, to expect what they ask."],"19":["And the whole world is seated in wickedness... That is, a great part of","the world. It may also signify, is under the wicked one, meaning the","devil, who is elsewhere called the prince of this world, that is, of all","the wicked. John 12.31."],"20":["eternal... Which words are a clear proof of Christ's divinity, and as","such made use of by the ancient fathers."],"21":["Keep yourselves from idols... An admonition to the newly converted","Christians, lest conversing with heathens and idolaters, they might fall","back into the sin of idolatry, which may be the sin unto death here","mentioned by St. John."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE"],"intro":["The Apostle commends Electa and her family for their steadfastness in","the true faith and exhorts them to persevere, lest they lose the reward","of their labours. He exhorts them to love one another. But with heretics","to have no society, even not to salute them. Although this Epistle is","written to a particular person, yet its instructions may serve as a","lesson to others, especially to those who, from their connections,","situation, or condition in life, are in danger of perversion."],"contents":[{"title":["2 John Chapter 1"],"intro":["He recommends walking in truth, loving one another and to beware of","false teachers."],"contents":{"1":["The Ancient to the lady Elect and her children, whom I love in the","truth: and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth,"],"2":["For the sake of the truth which dwelleth in us and shall be with us","for ever."],"3":["Grace be with you, mercy and peace from God the Father and from","Christ Jesus the Son of the Father: in truth and charity."],"4":["I was exceeding glad that I found of thy children walking in truth,","as we have received a commandment from the Father."],"5":["And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to","thee, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we love one","another."],"6":["And this is charity: That we walk according to his commandments.","For this is the commandment that, as you have heard from the beginning,","you should walk in the same:"],"7":["For many seducers are gone out into the world who confess not that","Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a seducer and an antichrist."],"8":["Look to yourselves, that you lose not the things which you have","wrought: but that you may receive a full reward."],"9":["Whosoever revolteth and continueth not in the doctrine of Christ","hath not God. He that continueth in the doctrine, the same hath both the","Father and the Son."],"10":["If any man come to you and bring not this doctrine, receive him","not into the house nor say to him: God speed you."],"11":["For he that saith unto him: God speed you, communicateth with his","wicked works."],"12":["Having more things to write unto you, I would not by paper and","ink: for I hope that I shall be with you and speak face to face, that","your joy may be full."],"13":["The children of thy sister Elect salute thee."]},"footnotes":{"1":["The ancient... That is, the ancient bishop St. John, being the only one","of the twelve apostles then living. To the lady Elect...  Some","conjecture that Electa might be the name of a family, or of a particular","church; but the general opinion is, that it is the proper name of a","lady, so eminent for her piety and great charity, as to merit this","Epistle from St. John."],"10":["Nor say to him, God speed you... This admonition is in general, to","forewarn the faithful of the dangers which may arise from a familiarity","with those who have prevaricated and gone from the true faith, and with","such as teach false doctrine. But this is not forbidding a charity for","all men, by which we ought to wish and pray for the eternal salvation of","every one, even of our enemies."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE THIRD EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE"],"intro":["St. John praises Gaius for his walking in truth and for his charity,","complains of the bad conduct of Diotrephes and gives a good testimony to","Demetrius."],"contents":[{"title":["3 John Chapter 1"],"intro":[],"contents":{"1":["The Ancient, to the dearly beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth."],"2":["Dearly beloved, concerning all things I make it my prayer that thou","mayest proceed prosperously and fare well, as thy soul doth","prosperously."],"3":["I was exceedingly glad when the brethren came and gave testimony to","the truth in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth."],"4":["I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in","truth."],"5":["Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully whatever thou dost for the","brethren: and that for strangers,"],"6":["Who have given testimony to thy charity in the sight of the church.","Whom thou shalt do well to bring forward on their way in a manner worthy","of God:"],"7":["Because, for his name they went out, taking nothing of the","Gentiles."],"8":["We therefore ought to receive such: that we may be fellow helpers","of the truth."],"9":["I had written perhaps to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to","have the preeminence among them, doth not receive us."],"10":["For this cause, if I come, I will advertise his works which he","doth, with malicious words prating against us. And as if these things","were not enough for him, neither doth he himself receive the brethren,","and them that do receive them he forbiddeth, and casteth out of the","church."],"11":["Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil: but that which is","good. He that doth good is of God: he that doth evil hath not seen God."],"12":["To Demetrius, testimony is given by all, and by the truth itself:","yea and we also give testimony. And thou knowest that our testimony is","true."],"13":["I had many things to write unto thee: but I would not by ink and","pen write to thee."],"14":["But I hope speedily to see thee: and we will speak mouth to mouth.","Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name."]},"footnotes":{"4":["No greater grace... that is nothing that gives me greater joy and","satisfaction."],"7":["Taking nothing of the Gentiles... These ministers of the gospel are","commended by St. John, who took nothing from the Gentiles, lest they","should seem to preach in order to get money by it."],"10":["Diotrephes who loveth... This man seemeth to be in power, but not a","friend to the faithful; therefore this part of the letter might be an","admonition to him from the apostle."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE PROPHECY OF JONAS"],"intro":["JONAS prophesied in the reign of JEREBOAM the second: as we learn from 4","Kings 14.25. To whom also he foretold his success in restoring all the","borders of Israel. He was of GETH OPHER in the tribe of ZABULON, and","consequently of GALILEE: which confutes that assertion of the Pharisees,","John 7.52, that no prophet ever rose out of GALILEE. He prophesied and","prefigured in his own person the death and resurrection of CHRIST: and","was the only one among the prophets that was sent to preach to the","Gentiles."],"contents":[{"title":["Jonas Chapter 1"],"intro":["Jonas being sent to preach in Ninive, fleeth away by sea: a tempest","riseth: of which he being found, by lot, to be the cause, is cast into","the sea, which thereupon is calmed."],"contents":{"1":["Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas, the son of Amathi, saying:"],"2":["Arise and go to Ninive, the great city, and preach in it: For the","wickedness thereof is come up before me."],"3":["And Jonas rose up to flee into Tharsis from the face of the Lord,","and he went down to Joppe, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he","paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tharsis","from the face of the Lord,"],"4":["But the Lord sent a great wind to the sea: and a great tempest was","raised in the sea, and the ship was in danger to be broken."],"5":["And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried to their god: and","they cast forth the wares that were in the ship, into the sea, to","lighten it of them: and Jonas went down into the inner part of the ship,","and fell into a deep sleep."],"6":["And the ship master came to him and said to him: Why art thou fast","asleep? rise up call upon thy God, if so be that God will think of us","that we may not perish."],"7":["And they said every one to his fellow: Come and let us cast lots,","that we may know why this evil is upon us.  And they cast lots, and the","lot fell upon Jonas."],"8":["And they said to him: Tell us for what cause this evil is upon us,","what is thy business? of what country art thou? and whither goest thou?","or of what people art thou?"],"9":["And he said to them: I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, and the","God of heaven, who made both the sea and the dry land."],"10":["And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him: Why hast","thou done this? (For the men knew that he fled from the face of the","Lord: because he had told them.)"],"11":["And they said to him: What shall we do with thee, that the sea may","be calm to us? for the sea flowed and swelled."],"12":["And he said to them: take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the","sea shall be calm to you: for I know for my sake this great tempest is","upon you."],"13":["And the men rowed hard to return the land, but they were not able:","because the sea tossed and swelled upon them."],"14":["And they cried to the Lord, and said: We beseech thee, O Lord let","us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood:","for thou, oh Lord, hast done as it pleased thee."],"15":["And they took Jonas, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased","from raging."],"16":["And the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and sacrificed victims to","the Lord, and made vows."]},"footnotes":{"2":["Nineve... The capital city of the Assyrian empire."],"3":["Tharsis... Which some take to be Tharsus of Cilicia, others to be","Tartessus of Spain, others to be Carthage."],"5":["A deep sleep... This is a lively image of the insensibility of sinners,","fleeing from God, and threatened on every side with his judgments: and","yet sleeping as if they were secure."]}},{"title":["Jonas Chapter 2"],"intro":["Jonas is swallowed up by a great fish: he prayeth with confidence in","God; and the fish casteth him out on the dry land."],"contents":{"1":["Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas","was in the belly of a fish for three days and three nights."],"2":["And Jonas prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the","fish."],"3":["And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard","me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice."],"4":["And thou hast cast me forth into the deep, in the heart of the sea,","and a flood hast compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have","passed over me."],"5":["And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I","shall see the holy temple again."],"6":["The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath","closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head."],"7":["I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the","earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from","corruption, O Lord, my God."],"8":["When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that","my prayer may come to thee, unto the holy temple."],"9":["They that in vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy."],"10":["But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay","whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord."],"11":["And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the","dry land."]},"footnotes":{"11":["Spoke to the fish... God's speaking to the fish, was nothing else but","his will, which all things obey."]}},{"title":["Jonas Chapter 3"],"intro":["Jonas is sent again to preach in Ninive. Upon their fasting and","repentance, God recalleth the sentence by which they were to be","destroyed."],"contents":{"1":["And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time saying:"],"2":["Arise, and go to Ninive, the great city: and preach in it the","preaching that I bid thee."],"3":["And Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the","Lord: now Ninive was a great city of three days' journey."],"4":["And Jonas began to enter into the city one day's journey: and he","cried and said: Yet forty days and Ninive shall be destroyed."],"5":["And the men of Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast,","and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least."],"6":["And the word came to the king of Ninive: and he rose up out of his","throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed in sackcloth,","and sat in ashes."],"7":["And he caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive, from the","mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor","beasts, oxen, nor sheep taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink","water."],"8":["And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the","Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil","way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands."],"9":["Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from","his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?"],"10":["And God saw their works, that they were turned from their evil","way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he","would do to them, and he did it not."]},"footnotes":{"3":["Of three days' journey... By the computation of some ancient historians,","Ninive was about fifty miles round: so that to go through all the chief","streets and public places was three days' journey."]}},{"title":["Jonas Chapter 4"],"intro":[],"contents":{"1":["And Jonas was exceedingly troubled, and was angry:"],"2":["And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not","this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went","before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and","merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil."],"3":["And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is","better for me to die than to live."],"4":["And the Lord said: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry?"],"5":["Then Jonas went out of the city, and sat toward the east side of","the city: and he made himself a booth there, and he sat under it in the","shadow, till he might see what would befall the city."],"6":["And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it came up over the head of","Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, and to cover him (for he was","fatigued): and Jonas was exceeding glad of the ivy."],"7":["But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following","day: and it struck the ivy and it withered."],"8":["And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning","wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he broiled with the","heat: and he desired for his soul that he might die, and said: It is","better for me to die than to live."],"9":["And the Lord said to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be","angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death."],"10":["And the Lord said: Thou art grieved for the ivy, for which thou","hast not laboured, nor made it to grow, which in one night came up, and","in one night perished."],"11":["And shall I not spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are","more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons, that know not how to","distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?"]},"footnotes":{"1":["Was exceedingly troubled, etc... His concern was lest he should pass for","a false prophet; or rather, lest God's word, by this occasion, might","come to be slighted and disbelieved."],"6":["The Lord God prepared an ivy... Hederam. In the Hebrew it is Kikajon,","which some render a gourd: others a palmerist, or palma Christi."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE CATHOLIC EPISTLE OF ST. JUDE"],"intro":["St. Jude, who wrote this Epistle, was one of the twelve Apostles and","brother to St. James the Less. The time it was written is uncertain:","only it may be inferred from verse 17 that few or none of the Apostles","were then living, except St. John. He inveighs against the heresies and","wicked practices of the Simonians, Nicolaites, and Gnostics, etc.,","describing them and their leaders by strong epithets and similes, He","exhorts the faithful to contend earnestly for the faith first delivered","to them and to beware of heretics."],"contents":[{"title":["Jude Chapter 1"],"intro":["He exhorts them to stand to the faith first delivered to them and to","beware of heretics."],"contents":{"1":["Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James: to them","that are beloved in God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ and","called."],"2":["Mercy unto you and peace: and charity be fulfilled."],"3":["Dearly beloved, taking all care to write unto you concerning your","common salvation, I was under a necessity to write unto you: to beseech","you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints."],"4":["For certain men are secretly entered in (who were written of long","ago unto this judgment), ungodly men, turning the grace of our Lord God","into riotousness and denying the only sovereign Ruler and our Lord Jesus","Christ."],"5":["I will therefore admonish you, though ye once knew all things, that","Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, did afterwards","destroy them that believed not."],"6":["And the angels who kept not their principality but forsook their","own habitation, he hath reserved under darkness in everlasting chains,","unto the judgment of the great day."],"7":["As Sodom and Gomorrha and the neighbouring cities, in like manner,","having given themselves to fornication and going after other flesh, were","made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire."],"8":["In like manner, these men also defile the flesh and despise","dominion and blaspheme majesty."],"9":["When Michael the archangel, disputing with the devil, contended","about the body of Moses, he durst not bring against him the judgment of","railing speech, but said: The Lord command thee."],"10":["But these men blaspheme whatever things they know not: and what","things soever they naturally know, like dumb beasts, in these they are","corrupted."],"11":["Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain: and after","the error of Balaam they have for reward poured out themselves and have","perished in the contradiction of Core."],"12":["These are spots in their banquets, feasting together without fear,","feeding themselves: clouds without water, which are carried about by","winds: trees of the autumn, unfruitful, twice dead, plucked up by the","roots:"],"13":["Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own confusion:","wandering stars, to whom the storm of darkness is reserved for ever."],"14":["Now of these Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied,","saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with thousands of his saints:"],"15":["To execute judgment upon all and to reprove all the ungodly for","all the works of their ungodliness, whereby they have done ungodly: and","for all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against God."],"16":["These are murmurers, full of complaints, walking according to","their own desires: and their mouth speaketh proud things, admiring","persons, for gain's sake."],"17":["But you, my dearly beloved, be mindful of the words which have","been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:"],"18":["Who told you that in the last time there should come mockers,","walking according to their own desires in ungodlinesses."],"19":["These are they who separate themselves, sensual men, having not","the Spirit."],"20":["But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon your most holy","faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,"],"21":["Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our","Lord Jesus Christ, unto life everlasting."],"22":["And some indeed reprove, being judged:"],"23":["But others save, pulling them out of the fire. And on others have","mercy, in fear, hating also the spotted garment which is carnal."],"24":["Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin and to present","you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the","coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:"],"25":["To the only God our Saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord, be","glory and magnificence, empire and power, before all ages, and now, and","for all ages of ages. Amen."]},"footnotes":{"6":["Principality... That is, the state in which they were first created,","their original dignity."],"8":["Blaspheme majesty... Speak evil of them that are in dignity; and even","utter blasphemies against the divine majesty."],"9":["Contended about the body, etc... This contention, which is no where else","mentioned in holy writ, was originally known by revelation, and","transmitted by tradition. It is thought the occasion of it was, that the","devil would have had the body buried in such a place and manner, as to","be worshipped by the Jews with divine honours. Command thee... or rebuke","thee."],"11":["Gone in the way, etc... Heretics follow the way of Cain, by murdering","the souls of their brethren; the way of Balaam, by putting a scantal","before the people of God, for their own private ends; and the way of","Core or Korah, by their opposition to the church governors of divine","appointment."],"14":["Prophesied... This prophecy was either known by tradition, or from some","book that is since lost."],"17":["But you, my dearly beloved, be mindful, etc... He now exhorts the","faithful to remain steadfast in the belief and practice of what they had","heard from the apostles, who had also foretold that in aftertimes (lit.","in the last time) there should be false teachers, scoffing and","ridiculing all revealed truths, abandoning themselves to their passions","and lusts; who separate themselves from the Catholic communion by","heresies and schisms. Sensual men... carried away and enslaved by the","pleasures of the senses."],"21":["Building yourselves upon your most holy faith... Raising by your","actions, a spiritual building, founded, 1st, upon faith; 2d, on the love","of God; 3d, upon hope, whilst you are waiting for the mercies of God,","and the reward of eternal life; 4th, joined with the great duty of","prayer."],"23":["And some indeed repove being judged... He gives them another instruction","to practice charity in endeavouring to convert their neighbour, where","they will meet with three sorts of persons: 1st, With persons obstinate","in their errors and sins; these may be said to be already judged and","condemned; they are to be sharply reprehended, reproved, and if possible","convinced of their error. 2d, As to others you must endeavour to save","them, by pulling them, as it were, out of the fire, from the ruin they","stand in great danger of. 3d, You must have mercy on others in fear,","when you see them through ignorance of frailty, in danger of being drawn","into the snares of these heretics; with these you must deal more gently","and mildly, with a charitable compassion, hating always, and teaching","others to hate the carnal garment which is spotted, their sensual and","corrupt manners, that defile both the soul and body."],"25":["Now to him, etc... St. Jude concludes his epistle with this doxology of","praising God, and praying to the only God our Saviour, which may either","signify God the Father, or God as equally agreeing to all the three","persons, who are equally the cause of Christ's incarnation, and man's","salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who, being God from eternity,","took upon him our human nature, that he might become our Redeemer."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE BOOK OF JUDITH"],"intro":["The sacred writer of this Book is generally believed to be the high","priest Eliachim (called also Joachim). The transactions herein related,","most probably happened in his days, and in the reign of Manasses, after","his repentance and return from captivity. It takes its name from that","illustrious woman, by whose virtue and fortitude, and armed with prayer,","the children of Israel were preserved from the destruction threatened","them by Holofernes and his great army. It finishes with her canticle of","thanksgiving to God."],"contents":[{"title":["Judith Chapter 1"],"intro":["Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians overcometh Arphaxad king of the","Medes."],"contents":{"1":["Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his","dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana,"],"2":["Of stones squared and hewed: he made the walls thereof seventy","cubits broad, and thirty cubits high, and the towers thereof he made a","hundred cubits high. But on the square of them, each side was extended","the space of twenty feet."],"3":["And he made the gates thereof according to the height of the","towers:"],"4":["And he gloried as a mighty one in the force of his army and in the","glory of his chariots."],"5":["Now in the twelfth year of his reign, Nabuchodonosor king of the","Assyrians, who reigned in Ninive the great city, fought against Arphaxad","and overcame him,"],"6":["In the great plain which is called Ragua, about the Euphrates, and","the Tigris, and the Jadason, in the plain of Erioch the king of the","Elicians."],"7":["Then was the kingdom of Nabuchodonosor exalted, and his heart was","elevated: and he sent to all that dwelt in Cilicia and Damascus, and","Libanus,"],"8":["And to the nations that are in Carmelus, and Cedar, and to the","inhabitants of Galilee in the great plain of Asdrelon,"],"9":["And to all that were in Samaria, and beyond the river Jordan even","to Jerusalem, and all the land of Jesse till you come to the borders of","Ethiopia."],"10":["To all these Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, sent","messengers:"],"11":["But they all with one mind refused, and sent them back empty, and","rejected them without honour."],"12":["Then king Nabuchodonosor being angry against all that land, swore","by his throne and kingdom that he would revenge himself of all those","countries."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Arphaxad... He was probably the same as is called Dejoces by Herodotus;","to whom he attributes the building of Ecbatana, the capital city of","Media."],"5":["Nabuchodonosor... Not the king of Babylon, who took and destroyed","Jerusalem, but another of the same name, who reigned in Ninive: and is","called by profane historians Saosduchin. He succeeded Asarhaddan in the","kingdom of the Assyrians, and was contemporary with Manasses king of","Juda."]}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 2"],"intro":["Nabuchodonosor sendeth Holofernes to waste the countries of the west."],"contents":{"1":["In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, the two and","twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of","Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself."],"2":["And he called all the ancients, and all the governors, and his","officers of war, and communicated to them the secret of his counsel:"],"3":["And he said that his thoughts were to bring all the earth under his","empire."],"4":["And when this saying pleased them all, Nabuchodonosor, the king,","called Holofernes the general of his armies,"],"5":["And said to him: Go out against all the kingdoms of the west, and","against them especially that despised my commandment."],"6":["Thy eye shall not spare any kingdom, and all the strong cities thou","shalt bring under my yoke."],"7":["Then Holofernes called the captains, and officers of the power of","the Assyrians: and he mustered men for the expedition, and the king","commanded him, a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men on foot, and","twelve thousand archers, horsemen."],"8":["And he made all his warlike preparations to go before with a","multitude of innumerable camels, with all provisions sufficient for the","armies in abundance, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, without","number."],"9":["He appointed corn to be prepared out of all Syria in his passage."],"10":["But gold and silver he took out of the king's house in great","abundance."],"11":["And he went forth he and all the army, with the chariots, and","horsemen, and archers, who covered the face of the earth, like locusts."],"12":["And when he had passed through the borders of the Assyrians, he","came to the great mountains of Ange, which are on the left of Cilicia:","and he went up to all their castles, and took all the strong places."],"13":["And he took by assault the renowned city of Melothus, and pillaged","all the children of Tharsis, and the children of Ismahel, who were over","against the face of the desert, and on the south of the land of Cellon."],"14":["And he passed over the Euphrates and came into Mesopotamia: and he","forced all the stately cities that were there, from the torrent of","Mambre, till one comes to the sea:"],"15":["And he took the borders thereof, from Cilicia to the coasts of","Japheth, which are towards the south."],"16":["And he carried away all the children of Madian, and stripped them","of all their riches, and all that resisted him he slew with the edge of","the sword."],"17":["And after these things he went down into the plains of Damascus in","the days of the harvest, and he set all the corn on fire, and he caused","all the trees and vineyards to be cut down."],"18":["And the fear of them fell upon all the inhabitants of the land."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 3"],"intro":["Many submit themselves to Holofernes. He destroyeth their cities, and","their gods, that Nabuchodonosor only might be called God."],"contents":{"1":["Then the kings and the princes of all the cities and provinces, of","Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their","ambassadors, who coming to Holofernes, said:"],"2":["Let thy indignation towards us cease, for it is better for us to","live and serve Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee,","than to die and to perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery."],"3":["All our cities and our possessions, all mountains and hills, and","fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and goats, and horses,","and camels, and all our goods, and families are in thy sight:"],"4":["Let all we have be subject to thy law,"],"5":["Both we and our children are thy servants."],"6":["Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our service as it shall please","thee,"],"7":["Then he came down from the mountains with horsemen, in great power,","and made himself master of every city, and all the inhabitants of the","land."],"8":["And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen","for war,"],"9":["And so great a fear lay upon all those provinces, that the","inhabitants of all the cities, both princes and nobles, as well as the","people, went out to meet him at his coming."],"10":["And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and","timbrels, and flutes."],"11":["And though they did these things, they could not for all that","mitigate the fierceness of his heart:"],"12":["For he both destroyed their cities, and cut down their groves."],"13":["For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the","gods of the earth, that he only might be called God by those nations","which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes."],"14":["And when he had passed through all Syria Sobal, and all Apamea,","and all Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans into the land of Gabaa,"],"15":["And he took possession of their cities, and stayed there for","thirty days, in which days he commanded all the troops of his army to be","united."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 4"],"intro":["The children of Israel prepare themselves to resist Holofernes. They cry","to the Lord for help."],"contents":{"1":["Then the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Juda, hearing","these things, were exceedingly afraid of him."],"2":["Dread and horror seized upon their minds, lest he should do the","same to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, that he had done to","other cities and their temples."],"3":["And they sent into all Samaria round about, as far as Jericho, and","seized upon all the tops of the mountains:"],"4":["And they compassed their towns with walls and gathered together","corn for provision for war."],"5":["And Eliachim the priest wrote to all that were over against","Esdrelon, which faceth the great plain near Dothain, and to all by whom","there might be a passage of way, that they should take possession of the","ascents of the mountains, by which there might be any way to Jerusalem,","and should keep watch where the way was narrow between the mountains."],"6":["And the children of Israel did as the priests of the Lord Eliachim","had appointed them."],"7":["And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and","they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their","wives."],"8":["And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little","children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar","of the Lord they covered with haircloth."],"9":["And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that","their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off,","and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that","they might not be made a reproach to the Gentiles."],"10":["Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel","and spoke to them,"],"11":["Saying: Know ye that the Lord will hear your prayers, if you","continue with perseverance in fastings and prayers in the sight of the","Lord."],"12":["Remember Moses the servant of the Lord overcame Amalec that","trusted in his own strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in","his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting","with the sword, but by holy prayers:"],"13":["So all the enemies of Israel be, if you persevere in this work","which you have begun."],"14":["So they being moved by this exhortation of his, prayed to the","Lord, and continued in the sight of the Lord."],"15":["So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered","the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths, and with ashes upon","their head."],"16":["And they all begged of God with all their heart, that he would","visit his people Israel."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 5"],"intro":["Achior gives Holofernes an account of the people of Israel."],"contents":{"1":["And it was told Holofernes the general of the army of the","Assyrians, that the children of Israel prepared themselves to resist,","and had shut up the ways of the mountains."],"2":["And he was transported with exceeding great fury and indignation,","and he called all the princes of Moab and the leaders of Ammon."],"3":["And he said to them: Tell me what is this people that besetteth the","mountains: or what are their cities, and of what sort, and how great:","also what is their power, or what is their multitude: or who is the king","over their warfare:"],"4":["And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us,","and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace?"],"5":["Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said;","If thou vouchsafe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight","concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall","not a false word come out of my mouth."],"6":["This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans."],"7":["They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the","gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans."],"8":["Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which","consisted in the worship of many gods,"],"9":["They worshipped one God of heaven, who also commanded them to","depart from thence, and to dwell in Charan. And when there was a famine","over all the land, they went down into Egypt, and there for four hundred","years were so multiplied, that the army of them could not be numbered."],"10":["And when the king of Egypt oppressed them, and made slaves of them","to labour in clay and brick, in the building of his cities, they cried","to their Lord, and he struck the whole land of Egypt with divers","plagues."],"11":["And when the Egyptians had cast them out from them, and the plague","had ceased from them, and they had a mind to take them again, and bring","them back to their service,"],"12":["The God of heaven opened the sea to them in their flight, so that","the waters were made to stand firm as a wall on either side, and they","walked through the bottom of the sea and passed it dry foot."],"13":["And when an innumerable army of the Egyptians pursued after them","in that place, they were so overwhelmed with the waters, that there was","not one left, to tell what had happened to posterity."],"14":["After they came out of the Red Sea, they abode in the deserts of","mount Sina, in which never man could dwell, or son of man rested."],"15":["There bitter fountains were made sweet for them to drink, and for","forty years they received food from heaven."],"16":["Wheresoever they went in without bow and arrow, and without shield","and sword, their God fought for them and overcame."],"17":["And there was no one that triumphed over this people, but when","they departed from the worship of the Lord their God."],"18":["But as often as beside their own God, they worshipped any other,","they were given to spoil and to the sword, and to reproach."],"19":["And as often as they were penitent for having revolted from the","worship of their God, the God of heaven gave them power to resist."],"20":["So they overthrew the king of the Chanaanites, and of the","Jebusites, and of the Pherezites, and of the Hethites, and of the","Hevites, and of the Amorrhites, and all the mighty ones in Hesebon, and","they possessed their lands, and their cities:"],"21":["And as long as they sinned not in the sight of their God, it was","well with them: for their God hateth iniquity."],"22":["And even some years ago when they had revolted from the way which","God had given them to walk therein, they were destroyed in battles by","many nations and very many of them were led away captive into a strange","land."],"23":["But of late returning to the Lord their God, from the different","places wherein they were scattered, they are come together and are gone","up into all these mountains, and possess Jerusalem again, where their","holies are."],"24":["Now therefore, my lord, search if there be any iniquity of theirs","in the sight of their God: let us go up to them, because their God will","surely deliver them to thee, and they shall be brought under the yoke of","thy power:"],"25":["But if there be no offence of this people in the sight of their","God, we cannot resist them because their God will defend them: and we","shall be a reproach to the whole earth."],"26":["And it came to pass, when Achior had ceased to speak these words,","all the great men of Holofernes were angry, and they had a mind to kill","him, saying to each other:"],"27":["Who is this, that saith the children of Israel can resist king","Nabuchodonosor, and his armies, men unarmed, and without force, and","without skill in the art of war?"],"28":["That Achior therefore may know that he deceiveth us, let us go up","into the mountains: and when the bravest of them shall be taken, then","shall he with them be stabbed with the sword,"],"29":["That every nation may know that Nabuchodonosor is god of the","earth, and besides him there is no other."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 6"],"intro":["Holofernes in great rage sendeth Achior to Bethulia, there to be slain","with the Israelites."],"contents":{"1":["And it came to pass when they had left off speaking, that","Holofernes being in a violent passion, said to Achior:"],"2":["Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying: That the nation of","Israel is defended by their God, to shew thee that there is no God, but","Nabuchodonosor:"],"3":["When we shall slay them all as one man, then thou also shalt die","with them by the sword of the Assyrians, and all Israel shall perish","with thee:"],"4":["And thou shalt find that Nabuchodonosor is lord of the whole earth:","and then the sword of my soldiers shall pass through thy sides, and thou","shalt be stabbed and fall among the wounded of Israel, and thou shalt","breathe no more till thou be destroyed with them."],"5":["But if thou think thy prophecy true, let not thy countenance sink,","and let the paleness that is in thy face, depart from thee, if thou","imaginest these my words cannot be accomplished."],"6":["And that thou mayst know that thou shalt experience these things","together with them, behold from this hour thou shalt be associated to","their people, that when they shall receive the punishment they deserve","from my sword, thou mayst fall under the same vengeance."],"7":["Then Holofernes commanded his servants to take Achior, and to lead","him to Bethulia, and to deliver him into the hands of the children of","Israel."],"8":["And the servants of Holofernes taking him, went through the plains:","but when they came near the mountains, the slingers came out against","them."],"9":["Then turning out of the way by the side of the mountain, they tied","Achior to a tree hand and foot, and so left him bound with ropes, and","returned to their master."],"10":["And the children of Israel coming down from Bethulia, came to him,","and loosing him they brought him to Bethulia, and setting him in the","midst of the people, asked him what was the matter that the Assyrians","had left him bound."],"11":["In those days the rulers there, were Ozias the son of Micha of the","tribe of Simeon, and Charmi, called also Gothoniel."],"12":["And Achior related in the midst of the ancients, and in the","presence of all the people, all that he had said being asked by","Holofernes: and how the people of Holofernes would have killed him for","this word,"],"13":["And how Holofernes himself being angry had commanded him to be","delivered for this cause to the Israelites: that when he should overcome","the children of Israel, then he might command Achior also himself to be","put to death by diverse torments, for having said: The God of heaven is","their defender."],"14":["And when Achior had declared all these things, all the people fell","upon their faces, adoring the Lord, and all of them together mourning","and weeping poured out their prayers with one accord to the Lord,"],"15":["Saying: O Lord God of heaven and earth, behold their pride, and","look on our low condition, and have regard to the face of thy saints,","and shew that thou forsakest not them that trust on thee, and that thou","humblest them that presume of themselves, and glory in their own","strength."],"16":["So when their weeping was ended, and the people's prayer, in which","they continued all the day, was concluded, they comforted Achior,"],"17":["Saying: The God of our fathers, whose power thou hast set forth,","will make this return to thee, that thou rather shalt see their","destruction."],"18":["And when the Lord our God shall give this liberty to his servants,","let God be with thee also in the midst of us: that as it shall please","thee, so thou with all thine mayst converse with us."],"19":["Then Ozias, after the assembly was broken up, received him into","his house, and made him a great supper."],"20":["And all the ancients were invited, and they refreshed themselves","together after their fast was over."],"21":["And afterwards all the people were called together, and they","prayed all the night long within the church, desiring help of the God of","Israel."]},"footnotes":{"21":["The church... That is, the synagogue or place where they met for prayer."]}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 7"],"intro":["Holofernes besiegeth Bethulia. The distress of the besieged."],"contents":{"1":["But Holofernes on the next day gave orders to his army, to go up","against Bethulia."],"2":["Now there were in his troops a hundred and twenty thousand footmen,","and two and twenty thousand horsemen, besides the preparations of those","men who had been taken, and who had been brought away out of the","provinces and cities of all the youth."],"3":["All these prepared themselves together to fight against the","children of Israel, and they came by the hillside to the top, which","looketh toward Dothain, from the place which is called Belma, unto","Chelmon, which is over against Esdrelon."],"4":["But the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them,","prostrated themselves upon the ground, putting ashes upon their heads,","praying with one accord, that the God of Israel would shew his mercy","upon his people."],"5":["And taking their arms of war, they posted themselves at the places,","which by a narrow pathway lead directly between the mountains, and they","guarded them all day and night."],"6":["Now Holofernes, in going round about, found that the fountain which","supplied them with water, ran through an aqueduct without the city on","the south side: and he commanded their aqueduct to be cut off."],"7":["Nevertheless there were springs not far from the walls, out of","which they were seen secretly to draw water, to refresh themselves a","little rather than to drink their fill."],"8":["But the children of Ammon and Moab came to Holofernes, saying: The","children of Israel trust not in their spears, nor in their arrows, but","the mountains are their defence, and the steep hills and precipices","guard them."],"9":["Wherefore that thou mayst overcome them without joining battle, set","guards at the springs that they may not draw water out of them, and thou","shalt destroy them without sword, or at least being wearied out they","will yield up their city, which they suppose, because it is situate in","the mountains, to be impregnable."],"10":["And these words pleased Holofernes, and his officers, and he","placed all round about a hundred men at every spring."],"11":["And when they had kept this watch for full twenty days, the","cisterns, and the reserve of waters failed among all the inhabitants of","Bethulia, so that there was not within the city, enough to satisfy them,","no not for one day, for water was daily given out to the people by","measure."],"12":["Then all the men and women, young men, and children, gathering","themselves together to Ozias, all together with one voice,"],"13":["Said: God be judge between us and thee, for thou hast done evil","against us, in that thou wouldst not speak peaceably with the Assyrians,","and for this cause God hath sold us into their hands."],"14":["And therefore there is no one to help us, while we are cast down","before their eyes in thirst, and sad destruction."],"15":["And now assemble ye all that are in the city, that we may of our","own accord yield ourselves all up to the people of Holofernes."],"16":["For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the","Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we","have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes."],"17":["We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our","fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conjuring","you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of Holofernes,","that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer","by the drought of thirst."],"18":["And when they had said these things, there was great weeping and","lamentation of all in the assembly, and for many hours with one voice","they cried to God, saying:"],"19":["We have sinned with our fathers, we have done unjustly, we have","committed iniquity:"],"20":["Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our","iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in","thee to a people that knoweth not thee,"],"21":["That they may not say among the Gentiles: Where is their God?"],"22":["And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these","weepings, they held their peace,"],"23":["Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my","brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord."],"24":["For perhaps he will put a stop to his indignation, and will give","glory to his own name."],"25":["But if after five days be past there come no aid, we will do the","things which you have spoken."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 8"],"intro":["The character of Judith: her discourse to the ancients."],"contents":{"1":["Now it came to pass, when Judith a widow had heard these words, who","was the daughter of Merari, the son of Idox, the son of Joseph, the son","of Ozias, the son of Elai, the son of Jamnor, the son of Gedeon, the son","of Raphaim, the son of Achitob, the son of Melchias, the son of Enan,","the son of Nathanias, the son of Salathiel, the son of Simeon, the son","of Ruben:"],"2":["And her husband was Manasses, who died in the time of the barley","harvest:"],"3":["For he was standing over them that bound sheaves in the field; and","the heat came upon his head, and he died in Bethulia his own city, and","was buried there with his fathers."],"4":["And Judith his relict was a widow now three years and six months."],"5":["And she made herself a private chamber in the upper part of her","house, in which she abode shut up with her maids."],"6":["And she wore haircloth upon her loins, and fasted all the days of","her life, except the sabbaths, and new moons, and the feasts of the","house of Israel."],"7":["And she was exceedingly beautiful, and her husband left her great","riches, and very many servants, and large possessions of herds of oxen,","and flocks of sheep."],"8":["And she was greatly renowned among all, because she feared the Lord","very much, neither was there any one that spoke an ill word of her."],"9":["When therefore she had heard that Ozias had promised that he would","deliver up the city after the fifth day, she sent to the ancients Chabri","and Charmi."],"10":["And they came to her, and she said to them: What is this word, by","which Ozias hath consented to give up the city to the Assyrians, if","within five days there come no aid to us?"],"11":["And who are you that tempt the Lord?"],"12":["This is not a word that may draw down mercy, but rather that may","stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation."],"13":["You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord, and you have","appointed him a day, according to your pleasure."],"14":["But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this","same thing, and with many tears let us beg his pardon:"],"15":["For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like","the son of man."],"16":["And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing","in an humble spirit, in his service:"],"17":["Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he","would shew his mercy to us: that as our heart is troubled by their","pride, so also we may glorify in our humility."],"18":["For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook","their God, and worshipped strange gods."],"19":["For which crime they were given up to their enemies, to the sword,","and to pillage, and to confusion: but we know no other God but him."],"20":["Let us humbly wait for his consolation, and the Lord our God will","require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies, and he will humble","all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to","disgrace."],"21":["And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of","God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your","speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they","might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly."],"22":["They must remember how our father Abraham was tempted, and being","proved by many tribulations, was made the friend of God."],"23":["So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that have pleased God,","passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful."],"24":["But they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the","Lord, but uttered their impatience and the reproach of their murmuring","against the Lord,"],"25":["Were destroyed by the destroyer, and perished by serpents."],"26":["As for us therefore let us not revenge ourselves for these things","which we suffer."],"27":["But esteeming these very punishments to be less than our sins","deserve, let us believe that these scourges of the Lord, with which like","servants we are chastised, have happened for our amendment, and not for","our destruction."],"28":["And Ozias and the ancients said to her: All things which thou hast","spoken are true, and there is nothing to be reprehended in thy words."],"29":["Now therefore pray for us, for thou art a holy woman, and one","fearing God."],"30":["And Judith said to them: As you know that what I have been able to","say is of God:"],"31":["So that which I intend to do prove ye if it be of God, and pray","that God may strengthen my design."],"32":["You shall stand at the gate this night, and I will go out with my","maid-servant: and pray ye, that as you have said, in five days the Lord","may look down upon his people Israel."],"33":["But I desire that you search not into what I am doing, and till I","bring you word let nothing else be done but to pray for me to the Lord","our God."],"34":["And Ozias the prince of Juda said to her: Go in peace, and the","Lord be with thee to take revenge of our enemies. So returning they","departed."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Simeon the son of Ruben... In the Greek, it is the son of Israel. For","Simeon the patriarch, from whom Judith descended, was not the son, but","the brother of Ruben. It seems more probable that the Simeon and the","Ruben here mentioned are not the patriarchs: but two of the descendants","of the patriarch Simeon: and that the genealogy of Judith, recorded in","this place, is not carried up so high as the patriarchs. No more than","that of Elcana the father of Samuel, 1 Kings 1.1, and that of king Saul,","1 Kings 9.1."]}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 9"],"intro":["Judith's prayer, to beg of God to fortify her in her undertaking."],"contents":{"1":["And when they were gone, Judith went into her oratory: and putting","on haircloth, laid ashes on her head: and falling down prostrate before","the Lord, she cried to the Lord, saying:"],"2":["Lord God of my father Simeon, who gavest him a sword to execute","vengeance against strangers, who had defiled by their uncleanness, and","uncovered the virgin unto confusion:"],"3":["And who gavest their wives to be made a prey, and their daughters","into captivity: and all their spoils to be divided to the servants, who","were zealous with thy zeal: assist, I beseech thee, O Lord God, me a","widow."],"4":["For thou hast done the things of old, and hast devised one thing","after another: and what thou hast designed hath been done."],"5":["For all thy ways are prepared, and in thy providence thou hast","placed thy judgments."],"6":["Look upon the camp of the Assyrians now, as thou wast pleased to","look upon the camp of the Egyptians, when they pursued armed after thy","servants, trusting in their chariots, and in their horsemen, and in a","multitude of warriors."],"7":["But thou lookedst over their camp, and darkness wearied them."],"8":["The deep held their feet, and the waters overwhelmed them."],"9":["So may it be with these also, O Lord, who trust in their multitude,","and in their chariots, and in their pikes, and in their shields, and in","their arrows, and glory in their spears,"],"10":["And know not that thou art our God, who destroyest wars from the","beginning, and the Lord is thy name."],"11":["Lift up thy arm as from the beginning, and crush their power with","thy power: let their power fall in their wrath, who promise themselves","to violate thy sanctuary, and defile the dwelling place of thy name, and","to beat down with their sword the horn of thy altar."],"12":["Bring to pass, O Lord, that his pride may be cut off with his own","sword."],"13":["Let him be caught in the net of his own eyes in my regard, and do","thou strike him by the graces of the words of my lips."],"14":["Give me constancy in my mind, that I may despise him: and","fortitude that I may overthrow him."],"15":["For this will be a glorious monument for thy name, when he shall","fall by the hand of a woman."],"16":["For thy power, O Lord, is not in a multitude, nor is thy pleasure","in the strength of horses, nor from the beginning have the proud been","acceptable to thee: but the prayer of the humble and the meek hath","always pleased thee."],"17":["O God of the heavens, creator of the waters, and Lord of the whole","creation, hear me a poor wretch, making supplication to thee, and","presuming of thy mercy."],"18":["Remember, O Lord, thy covenant, and put thou words in my mouth,","and strengthen the resolution in my heart, that thy house may continue","in thy holiness:"],"19":["And all nations may acknowledge that thou art God, and there is no","other besides thee."]},"footnotes":{"2":["Gavest him a sword, etc... The justice of God is here praised, in","punishing by the sword of Simeon the crime of the Sichemites: and not","the act of Simeon, which was justly condemned by his father, Gen. 49.5.","Though even with regard to this act, we may distinguish between his zeal","against the crime committed by the ravishers of his sister, which zeal","may be considered just: and the manner of his punishing that crime,","which was irregular and excessive."]}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 10"],"intro":["Judith goeth out towards the camp, and is taken, and brought to","Holofernes."],"contents":{"1":["And it came to pass, when she had ceased to cry to the Lord, that","she rose from the place wherein she lay prostrate before the Lord."],"2":["And she called her maid, and going down into her house she took","off her haircloth, and put away the garments of her widowhood,"],"3":["And she washed her body, and anointed herself with the best","ointment, and plaited the hair of her head, and put a bonnet upon her","head, and clothed herself with the garments of her gladness, and put","sandals on her feet, and took her bracelets, and lilies, and earlets,","and rings, and adorned herself with all her ornaments."],"4":["And the Lord also gave her more beauty: because all this dressing","up did not proceed from sensuality, but from virtue: and therefore the","Lord increased this her beauty, so that she appeared to all men's eyes","incomparably lovely."],"5":["And she gave to her maid a bottle of wine to carry, and a vessel","of oil, and parched corn, and dry figs, and bread and cheese, and went","out."],"6":["And when they came to the gate of the city, they found Ozias, and","the ancients of the city waiting."],"7":["And when they saw her they were astonished, and admired her beauty","exceedingly."],"8":["But they asked her no question, only they let her pass, saying:","The God of our fathers give thee grace, and may he strengthen all the","counsel of thy heart with his power, that Jerusalem may glory in thee,","and thy name may be in the number of the holy and just."],"9":["And they that were there said, all with one voice: So be it, so be","it."],"10":["But Judith praying to the Lord, passed through the gates, she and","her maid."],"11":["And it came to pass, when she went down the hill, about break of","day, that the watchmen of the Assyrians met her, and stopped her,","saying: Whence comest thou or whither goest thou?"],"12":["And she answered: I am a daughter of the Hebrews, and I am fled","from them, because I knew they would be made a prey to you, because they","despised you, and would not of their own accord yield themselves, that","they might find mercy in your sight."],"13":["For this reason I thought with myself, saying: I will go to the","presence of the prince Holofernes, that I may tell him their secrets,","and shew him by what way he may take them, without the loss of one man","of his army."],"14":["And when the men had heard her words, they beheld her face, and","their eyes were amazed, for they wondered exceedingly at her beauty."],"15":["And they said to her: Thou hast saved thy life by taking this","resolution, to come down to our lord."],"16":["And be assured of this, that when thou shalt stand before him, he","will treat thee well, and thou wilt be most acceptable to his heart. And","they brought her to the tent of Holofernes, telling him of her."],"17":["And when she was come into his presence, forthwith Holofernes was","caught by his eyes."],"18":["And his officers said to him: Who can despise the people of the","Hebrews, who have such beautiful women, that we should not think it","worth our while for their sakes to fight against them?"],"19":["And Judith seeing Holofernes sitting under a canopy, which was","woven of purple and gold, with emeralds and precious stones:"],"20":["After she had looked on his face, bowed down to him, prostrating","herself to the ground. And the servants of Holofernes lifted her up, by","the command of their master."]},"footnotes":{"12":["Because I knew, etc... In this and the following chapter, some things","are related to have been said by Judith, which seem hard to reconcile","with truth. But all that is related in scripture of the servants of God","is not approved by the scripture; and even the saints in their good","enterprises may sometimes slip into venial sins."]}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 11"],"intro":["Judith's speech to Holofernes."],"contents":{"1":["Then Holofernes said to her: Be of good comfort, and fear not in","thy heart: for I have never hurt a man that was willing to serve","Nabuchodonosor the king."],"2":["And if thy people had not despised me, I would never have lifted","up my spear against them."],"3":["But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left them, and why it","hath pleased thee to come to us?"],"4":["And Judith said to him: Receive the words of thy handmaid, for if","thou wilt follow the words of thy handmaid, the Lord will do with thee a","perfect thing."],"5":["For as Nabuchodonosor the king of the earth liveth, and his power","liveth which is in thee for chastising of all straying souls: not only","men serve him through thee, but also the beasts of the field obey him."],"6":["For the industry of thy mind is spoken of among all nations, and","it is told through the whole world, that thou only art excellent, and","mighty in all his kingdom, and thy discipline is cried up in all","provinces."],"7":["It is known also what Achior said, nor are we ignorant of what","thou hast commanded to be done to him."],"8":["For it is certain that our God is so offended with sins, that he","hath sent word by his prophets to the people, that he will deliver them","up for their sins."],"9":["And because the children of Israel know they have offended their","God, thy dread is upon them."],"10":["Moreover also a famine hath come upon them, and for drought of","water they are already to be counted among the dead."],"11":["And they have a design even to kill their cattle, and to drink","the blood of them."],"12":["And the consecrated things of the Lord their God which God","forbade them to touch, in corn, wine, and oil, these have they purposed","to make use of, and they design to consume the things which they ought","not to touch with their hands: therefore because they do these things,","it is certain they will be given up to destruction."],"13":["And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them, and the Lord","hath sent me to tell thee these very things."],"14":["For I thy handmaid worship God even now that I am with thee, and","thy handmaid will go out, and I will pray to God,"],"15":["And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I","will come and tell thee, so that I may bring thee through the midst of","Jerusalem, and thou shalt have all the people of Israel, as sheep that","have no shepherd, and there shall not so much as one dog bark against","thee:"],"16":["Because these things are told me by the providence of God."],"17":["And because God is angry with them, I am sent to tell these very","things to thee."],"18":["And all these words pleased Holofernes, and his servants, and","they admired her wisdom, and they said one to another:"],"19":["There is not such another woman upon earth in look, in beauty,","and in sense of words."],"20":["And Holofernes said to her: God hath done well who sent thee","before the people, that thou mightest give them into our hands:"],"21":["And because thy promise is good, if thy God shall do this for me,","he shall also be my God, and thou shalt be great in the house of","Nabuchodonosor, and thy name shall be renowned through all the earth."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 12"],"intro":["Judith goeth out in the night to pray: she is invited to a banquet with","Holofernes."],"contents":{"1":["Then he ordered that she should go in where his treasures were","laid up, and bade her tarry there, and he appointed what should be given","her from his own table."],"2":["And Judith answered him and said: Now I cannot eat of these things","which thou commandest to be given me, lest sin come upon me: but I will","eat of the things which I have brought."],"3":["And Holofernes said to her: If these things which thou hast","brought with thee fail thee, what shall we do for thee?"],"4":["And Judith said: As thy soul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid shall","not spend all these things till God do by my hand that which I have","purposed. And his servants brought her into the tent which he had","commanded."],"5":["And when she was going in, she desired that she might have liberty","to go out at night and before day to prayer, and to beseech the Lord."],"6":["And he commanded his chamberlains, that she might go out and in,","to adore her God as she pleased, for three days."],"7":["And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and","washed herself in a fountain of water."],"8":["And as she came up, she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, that","he would direct her way to the deliverance of his people."],"9":["And going in, she remained pure in the tent, until she took her","own meat in the evening."],"10":["And it came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a","supper for his servants, and said to Vagao his eunuch: Go, and persuade","that Hebrew woman, to consent of her own accord to dwell with me."],"11":["For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman","mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him."],"12":["Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be","afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face,","that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry."],"13":["And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord?"],"14":["All that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And","whatsoever shall please him, that shall be best to me all the days of my","life."],"15":["And she arose and dressed herself out with her garments, and","going in she stood before his face."],"16":["And the heart of Holofernes was smitten, for he was burning with","the desire of her."],"17":["And Holofernes said to her: Drink now, and sit down and be merry;","for thou hast found favour before me."],"18":["And Judith said: I will drink my lord, because my life is","magnified this day above all my days."],"19":["And she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had","prepared for her."],"20":["And Holofernes was made merry on her occasion, and drank","exceeding much wine, so much as he had never drunk in his life."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 13"],"intro":["Judith cutteth off the head of Holofernes, and returneth to Bethulia."],"contents":{"1":["And when it was grown late, his servants made haste to their","lodgings, and Vagao shut the chamber doors, and went his way."],"2":["And they were all overcharged with wine."],"3":["And Judith was alone in the chamber."],"4":["But Holofernes lay on his bed, fast asleep, being exceedingly","drunk."],"5":["And Judith spoke to her maid to stand without before the chamber,","and to watch:"],"6":["And Judith stood before the bed praying with tears, and the motion","of her lips in silence,"],"7":["Saying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look","on the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise","up Jerusalem thy city: and that I may bring to pass that which I have","purposed, having a belief that it might be done by thee."],"8":["And when she had said this, she went to the pillar that was at his","bed's head, and loosed his sword that hung tied upon it."],"9":["And when she had drawn it out, she took him by the hair of his","head, and said: Strengthen me, O Lord God, at this hour."],"10":["And she struck twice upon his neck, and cut off his head, and","took off his canopy from the pillars, and rolled away his headless body."],"11":["And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of","Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her wallet."],"12":["And they two went out according to their custom, as it were to","prayer, and they passed the camp, and having compassed the valley, they","came to the gate of the city."],"13":["And Judith from afar off cried to the watchmen upon the walls:","Open the gates for God is with us, who hath shewn his power in Israel."],"14":["And it came to pass, when the men had heard her voice, that they","called the ancients of the city."],"15":["And all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest: for they","now had no hopes that she would come."],"16":["And lighting up lights they all gathered round about her: and she","went up to a higher place, and commanded silence to be made. And when","all had held their peace,"],"17":["Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken","them that hope in him."],"18":["And by me his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy, which he","promised to the house of Israel: and he hath killed the enemy of his","people by my hand this night."],"19":["Then she brought forth the head of Holofernes out of the wallet,","and shewed it them, saying: Behold the head of Holofernes the general of","the army of the Assyrians, and behold his canopy, wherein he lay in his","drunkenness, where the Lord our God slew him by the hand of a woman."],"20":["But as the same Lord liveth, his angel hath been my keeper both","going hence, and abiding there, and returning from thence hither: and","the Lord hath not suffered me his handmaid to be defiled, but hath","brought me back to you without pollution of sin, rejoicing for his","victory, for my escape, and for your deliverance."],"21":["Give all of you glory to him, because he is good, because his","mercy endureth for ever."],"22":["And they all adored the Lord, and said to her: The Lord hath","blessed thee by his power, because by thee he hath brought our enemies","to nought."],"23":["And Ozias the prince of the people of Israel, said to her:","Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all","women upon the earth."],"24":["Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed","thee to the cutting off the head of the prince of our enemies."],"25":["Because he hath so magnified thy name this day, that thy praise","shall not depart out of the mouth of men who shall be mindful of the","power of the Lord for ever, for that thou hast not spared thy life, by","reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people, but hast prevented","our ruin in the presence of our God."],"26":["And all the people said: So be it, so be it."],"27":["And Achior being called for came, and Judith said to him: The God","of Israel, to whom thou gavest testimony, that he revengeth himself of","his enemies, he hath cut off the head of all the unbelievers this night","by my hand."],"28":["And that thou mayst find that it is so, behold the head of","Holofernes, who in the contempt of his pride despised the God of Israel:","and threatened them with death, saying: When the people of Israel shall","be taken, I will command thy sides to be pierced with a sword."],"29":["Then Achior seeing the head of Holofernes, being seized with a","great fear he fell on his face upon the earth, and his soul swooned","away."],"30":["But after he had recovered his spirits he fell down at her feet,","and reverenced her, and said:"],"31":["Blessed art thou by thy God in every tabernacle of Jacob, for in","every nation which shall hear thy name, the God of Israel shall be","magnified on occasion of thee."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 14"],"intro":["The Israelites assault the Assyrians, who finding their general slain,","are seized with a panic fear."],"contents":{"1":["And Judith said to all the people: Hear me, my brethren, hang ye","up this head upon our walls."],"2":["And as soon as the sun shall rise, let every man take his arms,","and rush ye out, not as going down beneath, but as making an assault."],"3":["Then the watchmen must needs run to awake their prince for the","battle."],"4":["And when the captains of them shall run to the tent of Holofernes,","and shall find him without his head wallowing in his blood, fear shall","fall upon them."],"5":["And when you shall know that they are fleeing, go after them","securely, for the Lord will destroy them under your feet."],"6":["Then Achior seeing the power that the God of Israel had wrought,","leaving the religion of the Gentiles, he believed God, and circumcised","the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined to the people of Israel, with","all the succession of his kindred until this present day."],"7":["And immediately at break of day, they hung up the head of","Holofernes upon the walls, and every man took his arms, and they went","out with a great noise and shouting."],"8":["And the watchmen seeing this, ran to the tent of Holofernes."],"9":["And they that were in the tent came, and made a noise, before the","door of the chamber to awake him, endeavouring by art to break his rest,","that Holofernes might awake, not by their calling him, but by their","noise."],"10":["For no man durst knock, or open and go into the chamber of the","general of the Assyrians."],"11":["But when his captains and tribunes were come, and all the chiefs","of the army of the king of the Assyrians, they said to the chamberlains:"],"12":["Go in, and awake him, for the mice, coming out of their holes,","have presumed to challenge us to fight."],"13":["Then Vagao going into his chamber, stood before the curtain, and","made a clapping with his hands: for he thought that he was sleeping with","Judith."],"14":["But when with hearkening, he perceived no motion of one lying, he","came near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and seeing the body of","Holofernes, lying upon the ground, without the head, weltering in his","blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his","garments."],"15":["And he went into the tent of Judith, and not finding her, he ran","out to the people,"],"16":["And said: One Hebrew woman hath made confusion in the house of","king Nabuchodonosor: for behold Holofernes lieth upon the ground, and","his head is not upon him."],"17":["Now when the chiefs of the army of the Assyrians had heard this,","they all rent their garments, and an intolerable fear and dread fell","upon them, and their minds were troubled exceedingly."],"18":["And there was a very great cry in the midst of their camp."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 15"],"intro":["The Assyrians flee: the Hebrews pursue after them, and are enriched by","their spoils."],"contents":{"1":["And when all the army heard that Holofernes was beheaded, courage","and counsel fled from them, and being seized with trembling and fear","they thought only to save themselves by flight."],"2":["So that no one spoke to his neighbour, but hanging down the head,","leaving all things behind, they made haste to escape from the Hebrews,","who, as they heard, were coming armed upon them, and fled by the ways of","the fields, and the paths of the hills."],"3":["So the children of Israel seeing them fleeing, followed after","them. And they went down sounding with trumpets and shouting after them."],"4":["And because the Assyrians were not united together, they went","without order in their flight; but the children of Israel pursuing in","one body, defeated all that they could find."],"5":["And Ozias sent messengers through all the cities and countries of","Israel."],"6":["And every country, and every city, sent their chosen young men","armed after them, and they pursued them with the edge of the sword until","they came to the extremities of their confines."],"7":["And the rest that were in Bethulia went into the camp of the","Assyrians, and took away the spoils which the Assyrians in their flight","had left behind them, and they were laden exceedingly,"],"8":["But they that returned conquerors to Bethulia, brought with them","all things that were theirs, so that there was no numbering of their","cattle, and beasts, and all their moveables, insomuch that from the","least to the greatest all were made rich by their spoils."],"9":["And Joachim the high priest came from Jerusalem to Bethulia with","all his ancients to see Judith."],"10":["And when she was come out to him, they all blessed her with one","voice, saying: Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of","Israel, thou art the honour of our people:"],"11":["For thou hast done manfully, and thy heart has been strengthened,","because thou hast loved chastity, and after thy husband hast not known","any other: therefore also the hand of the Lord hath strengthened thee,","and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever."],"12":["And all the people said: So be it, so be it."],"13":["And thirty days were scarce sufficient for the people of Israel","to gather up the spoils of the Assyrians."],"14":["But all those things that were proved to be the peculiar goods of","Holofernes, they gave to Judith in gold, and silver, and garments and","precious stones, and all household stuff, and they all were delivered to","her by the people."],"15":["And all the people rejoiced, with the women, and virgins, and","young men, playing on instruments and harps."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Judith Chapter 16"],"intro":["The canticle of Judith: her virtuous life and death."],"contents":{"1":["Then Judith sung this canticle to the Lord, saying:"],"2":["Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels, sing ye to the Lord with","cymbals, tune unto him a new psalm, extol and call upon his name."],"3":["The Lord putteth an end to wars, the Lord is his name."],"4":["He hath set his camp in the midst of his people, to deliver us","from the hand of all our enemies."],"5":["The Assyrian came out of the mountains from the north in the","multitude of his strength: his multitude stopped up the torrents, and","their horses covered the valleys."],"6":["He bragged that he would set my borders on fire, and kill my young","men with the sword, to make my infants a prey, and my virgins captives."],"7":["But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into","the hands of a woman, and hath slain him."],"8":["For their mighty one did not fall by young men, neither did the","sons of Titan strike him, nor tall giants oppose themselves to him, but","Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her face."],"9":["For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the","garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel."],"10":["She anointed her face with ointment, and bound up her locks with","a crown, she took a new robe to deceive him."],"11":["Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her","captive, with a sword she cut off his head."],"12":["The Persians quaked at her constancy, and the Medes at her","boldness."],"13":["Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my lowly ones","appeared, parched with thirst."],"14":["The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and they have","killed them like children fleeing away: they perished in battle before","the face of the Lord my God."],"15":["Let us sing a hymn to the Lord, let us sing a new hymn to our","God."],"16":["O Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and glorious in thy power, and no","one can overcome thee."],"17":["Let all thy creatures serve thee: because thou hast spoken, and","they were made: thou didst send forth thy spirit, and they were created,","and there is no one that can resist thy voice."],"18":["The mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the","waters: the rocks shall melt as wax before thy face."],"19":["But they that fear thee, shall be great with thee in all things."],"20":["Woe be to the nation that riseth up against my people: for the","Lord almighty will take revenge on them, in the day of judgment he will","visit them."],"21":["For he will give fire, and worms into their flesh, that they may","burn, and may feel for ever."],"22":["And it came to pass after these things, that all the people,","after the victory, came to Jerusalem to adore the Lord: and as soon as","they were 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+{"title":["THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAS"],"intro":["In these JEREMIAS laments in a most pathetical manner the miseries of","his people, and the destruction of JERUSALEM and the temple, in Hebrew","verses, beginning with different letters according to the order of the","Hebrew alphabet."],"contents":[{"title":["Lamentations Chapter 1"],"intro":["PREFACE: And it came to pass, after Israel was carried into captivity,","and Jerusalem was desolate, that Jeremias the prophet sat weeping, and","mourned with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and with a sorrowful mind,","sighing and moaning, he said:"],"contents":{"1":["Aleph. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! how","is the mistress of the Gentiles become as a widow: the princes of","provinces made tributary!"],"2":["Beth. Weeping, she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her","cheeks: there is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to","her: all her friends have despised her, and are become her enemies."],"3":["Ghimel. Juda hath removed her dwelling place, because of her","affliction, and the greatness of her bondage; she hath dwelt among the","nations, and she hath found no rest; all her persecutors have taken her","in the midst of straits."],"4":["Daleth. The ways of Sion mourn, because there are none that come to","the solemn feast: all her gates are broken down; her priests sigh; her","virgins are in affliction; and she is oppressed with bitterness."],"5":["He. Her adversaries are become her lords; her enemies are enriched;","because the Lord hath spoken against her for the multitude of her","iniquities; her children are led into captivity, before the face of the","oppressor."],"6":["Vau. And from the daughter of Sion, all her beauty is departed; her","princes are become like rams that find no pastures; and they are gone","away without strength before the face of the pursuer."],"7":["Zain. Jerusalem hath remembered the days of her affliction, and","prevarication of all her desirable things which she had from the days of","old, when her people fell in the enemy's hand, and there was no helper;","the enemies have seen her, and have mocked at her sabbaths."],"8":["Heth. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, therefore is she become","unstable; all that honoured her, have despised her, because they have","seen her shame; but she sighed, and turned backward."],"9":["Teth. Her filthiness is on her feet, and she hath not remembered","her end; she is wonderfully cast down, not having a comforter: behold, O","Lord, my affliction, because the enemy is lifted up."],"10":["Jod. The enemy hath put out his hand to all her desirable things:","for she hath seen the Gentiles enter into her sanctuary, of whom thou","gavest commandment that they should not enter into thy church."],"11":["Caph. All her people sigh, they seek bread: they have given all","their precious things for food to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and","consider, for I am become vile."],"12":["Lamed. O all ye that pass by the","way, attend, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow: for he","hath made a vintage of me, as the Lord spoke in the day of his fierce","anger."],"13":["Mem. From above he hath sent fire into my bones, and hath","chastised me: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back:","he hath made me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long."],"14":["Nun. The yoke of my iniquities hath watched: they are folded","together in his hand, and put upon my neck: my strength is weakened: the","Lord hath delivered me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise."],"15":["Samech. The Lord hath taken away all my mighty men out of the","midst of me: he hath called against me the time, to destroy my chosen","men: the Lord hath trodden the winepress for the virgin daughter of","Juda."],"16":["Ain. Therefore do I weep, and my eyes run down with water: because","the comforter, the relief of my soul, is far from me: my children are","desolate because the enemy hath prevailed."],"17":["Phe. Sion hath spread forth her hands, there is none to comfort","her: the Lord hath commanded against Jacob, his enemies are round about","him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them."],"18":["Sade. The Lord is just, for I have provoked his mouth to wrath:","hear, I pray you, all ye people, and see my sorrow: my virgins, and my","young men are gone into captivity."],"19":["Coph. I called for my friends, but they deceived me: my priests","and my ancients pined away in the city: while they sought their food, to","relieve their souls."],"20":["Res. Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled:","my heart is turned within me, for I am full of bitterness: abroad the","sword destroyeth and at home there is death alike."],"21":["Sin. They have heard that I sigh, and there is none to comfort me:","all my enemies have heard of my evil, they have rejoiced that thou hast","done it: thou hast brought a day of consolation, and they shall be like","unto me."],"22":["Thau. Let all their evil be present before thee: and make vintage","of them, as thou hast made vintage of me for all my iniquities: for my","sighs are many, and my heart is sorrowful."]},"footnotes":{"":["And it came to pass, etc... This preface was not written by Jeremias,","but was added by the seventy interpreters, to give the reader to","understand upon what occasion the Lamentations were published."]}},{"title":["Lamentations Chapter 2"],"intro":[],"contents":{"1":["Aleph. How hath the Lord covered with obscurity the daughter of","Sion in his wrath! how hath he cast down from heaven to the earth the","glorious one of Israel, and hath not remembered his footstool in the day","of his anger."],"2":["Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all","that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong","holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he","hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof."],"3":["Ghimel. He hath broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel:","he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he hath","kindled in Jacob as it were a flaming fire devouring round about."],"4":["Daleth. He hath bent his bow as an enemy, he hath fixed his right","hand as an adversary: and he hath killed all that was fair to behold in","the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion, he hath poured out his","indignation like fire."],"5":["He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath cast down Israel","headlong, he hath overthrown all the walls thereof: he hath destroyed","his strong holds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda the","afflicted, both men and women."],"6":["Vau. And he hath destroyed his tent as a garden, he hath thrown","down his tabernacle: the Lord hath caused feasts and sabbaths to be","forgotten in Sion: and hath delivered up king and priest to reproach,","and to the indignation of his wrath."],"7":["Zain. The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath cursed his","sanctuary: he hath delivered the walls of the towers thereof into the","hand of the enemy: they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as","in the day of a solemn feast."],"8":["Heth. The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of","Sion: he hath stretched out his line, and hath not withdrawn his hand","from destroying: and the bulwark hath mourned, and the wall hath been","destroyed together."],"9":["Teth. Her gates are sunk into the ground: he hath destroyed, and","broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the","law is no more, and her prophets have found no vision from the Lord."],"10":["Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground,","they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust,","they are girded with haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their","heads to the ground."],"11":["Caph. My eyes have failed with weeping, my bowels are troubled: my","liver is poured out upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter","of my people, when the children, and the sucklings, fainted away in the","streets of the city."],"12":["Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when","they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they","breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers."],"13":["Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee,","O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort","thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy","destruction: who shall heal thee?"],"14":["Nun. Thy prophets have seen false and foolish things for thee: and","they have not laid open thy iniquity, to excite thee to penance: but","they have seen for thee false revelations and banishments."],"15":["Samech. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands","at thee: they have hissed, and wagged their heads at the daughter of","Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of all","the earth?"],"16":["Phe. All thy enemies have opened their month against thee: they","have hissed, and gnashed with the teeth, and have said: We will swallow","her up: lo, this is the day which we looked for: we have found it, we","have seen it."],"17":["Ain. The Lord hath done that which he purposed, he hath fulfilled","his word, which he commanded in the days of old: he hath destroyed, and","hath not spared, and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, and","hath set up the horn of thy adversaries."],"18":["Sade. Their heart cried to the Lord upon the walls of the daughter","of Sion: Let tears run down like a torrent day and night: give thyself","no rest, and let not the apple of thy eye cease."],"19":["Coph. Arise, give praise in the night, in the beginning of the","watches: pour out thy heart like water, before the face of the Lord:","lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy little children, that have","fainted for hunger at the top of all the streets."],"20":["Res. Behold, O Lord, and consider whom thou hast thus dealt with:","shall women then eat their own fruit, their children of a span long?","shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?"],"21":["Sin. The child and the old man lie without on the ground: my","virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them","in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and shewn them no pity."],"22":["Thau. Thou hast called as to a festival, those that should terrify","me round about, and there was none in the day of the wrath of the Lord","that escaped and was left: those that I brought up, and nourished, my","enemy hath consumed them."]},"footnotes":{"7":["He hath cursed his sanctuary... That is, he permitted his sanctuary to","be destroyed, as if it had not been consecrated, but execrable."]}},{"title":["Lamentations Chapter 3"],"intro":[],"contents":{"1":["Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his","indignation."],"2":["Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into","light."],"3":["Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his","hand all the day."],"4":["Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my","bones."],"5":["Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with","gall, and labour."],"6":["Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for","ever."],"7":["Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get","out: he hath made my fetters heavy."],"8":["Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my","prayer."],"9":["Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned","my paths upside down."],"10":["Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in","secret places."],"11":["Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in","pieces, he hath made me desolate."],"12":["Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows."],"13":["He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver."],"14":["He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day","long."],"15":["He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with","wormwood."],"16":["Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with","ashes."],"17":["Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten","good things."],"18":["Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord."],"19":["Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood and the","gall."],"20":["Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish","within me."],"21":["Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will","I hope."],"22":["Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because","his commiserations have not failed."],"23":["Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness."],"24":["Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait","for him."],"25":["Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that","seeketh him."],"26":["Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God."],"27":["Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his","youth."],"28":["Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath","taken it up upon himself."],"29":["Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be","hope."],"30":["Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be","filled with reproaches."],"31":["Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever."],"32":["Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according","to the multitude of his mercies."],"33":["Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the","children of men."],"34":["Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,"],"35":["Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the","most High,"],"36":["Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath","not approved."],"37":["Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the","Lord commandeth it not?"],"38":["Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the","Highest?"],"39":["Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?"],"40":["Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord."],"41":["Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the","heavens."],"42":["Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore","thou art inexorable."],"43":["Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou","hast killed and hast not spared."],"44":["Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not","pass through."],"45":["Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst","of the people."],"46":["Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us."],"47":["Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and","destruction."],"48":["Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the","destruction of the daughter of my people."],"49":["Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there","was no rest:"],"50":["Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down from the heavens."],"51":["Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my","city."],"52":["Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without","cause."],"53":["Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone","over me."],"54":["Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off."],"55":["Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit."],"56":["Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my","sighs, and cries."],"57":["Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou","saidst: Fear not."],"58":["Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the","Redeemer of my life."],"59":["Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou","my judgment."],"60":["Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against","me."],"61":["Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their","imaginations against me."],"62":["Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices","against me all the day."],"63":["Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their","song."],"64":["Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to","the works of their hands."],"65":["Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour."],"66":["Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them","from under the heavens, O Lord."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Lamentations Chapter 4"],"intro":[],"contents":{"1":["Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed,","the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street?"],"2":["Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that were clothed with the","best gold: how are they esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the","potter's hands?"],"3":["Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have","given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the","ostrich in the desert."],"4":["Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of","his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there","was none to break it unto them."],"5":["He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they","that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung."],"6":["Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater","than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took","nothing in her."],"7":["Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more","ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire."],"8":["Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not","known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is","withered, and is become like wood."],"9":["Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than","with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for","want of the fruits of the earth."],"10":["Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own","children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my","people."],"11":["Caph. The Lord hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his","fierce anger: and he hath kindled a fire in Sion, and it hath devoured","the foundations thereof."],"12":["Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the","world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should","enter in by the gates of Jerusalem."],"13":["Mem. For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her","priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her."],"14":["Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were","defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they","held up their skirts."],"15":["Samech. Depart you that are defiled, they cried out to them:","Depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they quarrelled, and being removed,","they said among the Gentiles: He will no more dwell among them."],"16":["Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more","regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had","they pity on the ancient."],"17":["Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help","for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not","able to save."],"18":["Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end","draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come."],"19":["Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air:","they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the","wilderness."],"20":["Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our","sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the","Gentiles."],"21":["Sin. Rejoice, and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in","the land of Hus: to thee also shall the cup come, thou shalt be made","drunk, and naked."],"22":["Thau. Thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Sion, he will no","more carry thee away into captivity: he hath visited thy iniquity, O","daughter of Edom, he hath discovered thy sins.","THE PRAYER OF JEREMIAS THE PROPHET"]},"footnotes":{"20":["Christ, etc... This, according to the letter, is spoken of their king,","who is called the Christ, that is, the Anointed of the Lord. But it also","relates, in the spiritual sense, to Christ our Lord, suffering for our","sins."]}},{"title":["Lamentations Chapter 5"],"intro":[],"contents":{"1":["Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our","reproach."],"2":["Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers."],"3":["We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows."],"4":["We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood."],"5":["We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given","us."],"6":["We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we","might be satisfied with bread."],"7":["Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their","iniquities."],"8":["Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of","their hand."],"9":["We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the","sword in the desert."],"10":["Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the","famine."],"11":["They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of","Juda."],"12":["The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the","persons of the ancients."],"13":["They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under","the wood."],"14":["The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the","choir of the singers."],"15":["The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into","mourning."],"16":["The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, because we have","sinned."],"17":["Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become","dim."],"18":["For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon","it."],"19":["But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from","generation to generation."],"20":["Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a","long time?"],"21":["Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our","days, as from the beginning."],"22":["But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry with","us."]},"footnotes":{}}]}

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Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have","loved Jacob,"],"3":["But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness,","and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert."],"4":["But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and","build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They","shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the","borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for","ever."],"5":["And your eyes shall see: and you shall say: The Lord be magnified","upon the border of Israel."],"6":["The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I","be a father, where is my honour?  and if I be a master, where is my","fear: saith the Lord of hosts."],"7":["To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein","have we despised thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and","you say: Wherein have we polluted thee? In that you say: The table of","the Lord is contemptible."],"8":["If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you","offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to thy prince, if","he will be pleased with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the","Lord of hosts."],"9":["And now beseech ye the face of God, that he may have mercy on you,","(for by your hand hath this been done,) if by any means he will receive","your faces, saith the Lord of hosts."],"10":["Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle","the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord","of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand."],"11":["For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is","great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and","there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among","the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts."],"12":["And you have profaned it in that you say: The table of the Lord is","defiled: and that which is laid thereupon is contemptible with the fire","that devoureth it."],"13":["And you have said: Behold of our labour, and you puffed it away,","saith the Lord of hosts, and you brought in of rapine the lame, and the","sick, and brought in an offering: shall I accept it at your hands, saith","the Lord?"],"14":["Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and","making a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for","I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful","among the Gentiles."]},"footnotes":{"2":["I have loved Jacob, etc... I have preferred his posterity, to make them","my chosen people, and to lead them with my blessings, without any merit","on their part, and though they have been always ungrateful; whilst I","have rejected Esau, and executed severe judgments upon his posterity.","Not that God punished Esau, or his posterity, beyond their desert: but","that by his free election and grace he loved Jacob, and favoured his","posterity above their deserts. See the annotations upon Rom. 9."],"11":["A clean oblation... Viz., the precious body and blood of Christ in the","eucharistic sacrifice."],"13":["Behold of our labour, etc... You pretended labour and weariness, when","you brought your offering; and so made it of no value, by offering it","with an evil mind. Moreover, what you offered was both defective in","itself, and gotten by rapine and extortion."]}},{"title":["Malachias Chapter 2"],"intro":["The priests are sharply reproved for neglecting their covenant. The evil","of marrying with idolaters: and too easily putting away their wives."],"contents":{"1":["And now, O ye priests, this commandment is to you."],"2":["If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give","glory to my name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will send poverty upon you,","and will curse your blessings, yea I will curse them, because you have","not laid it to heart."],"3":["Behold, I will cast the shoulder to you, and will scatter upon your","face the dung of your solemnities, and it shall take you away with it."],"4":["And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my","covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts."],"5":["My covenant was with him of life and peace: and I gave him fear:","and he feared me, and he was afraid before my name."],"6":["The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in","his lips: he walked with me in peace, and in equity, and turned many","away from iniquity."],"7":["For the lips of the priests shall keep knowledge, and they shall","seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts."],"8":["But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to","stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the","Lord of hosts."],"9":["Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all","people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the","law."],"10":["Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why then","doth every one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our","fathers?"],"11":["Juda hath transgressed, and abomination hath been committed in","Israel, and in Jerusalem: for Juda hath profaned the holiness of the","Lord, which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god."],"12":["The Lord will cut off the man that hath done this, both the","master, and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that","offereth an offering to the Lord of hosts."],"13":["And this again have you done, you have covered the altar of the","Lord with tears, with weeping, and bellowing, so that I have no more a","regard to sacrifice, neither do I accept any atonement at your hands."],"14":["And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been","witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast","despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant."],"15":["Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And","what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and","despise not the wife of thy youth."],"16":["When thou shalt hate her put her away, saith the Lord, the God of","Israel: but iniquity shalt cover his garment, saith the Lord of hosts,","keep your spirit, and despise not."],"17":["You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein","have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good","in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the","God of judgment?"]},"footnotes":{"3":["I will cast the shoulder to you... I will cast away the shoulder, which","in the law was appointed to be your portion, and fling it at you in my","anger: and will reject both you and your festivals like dung."],"7":["The angel... Viz., the minister and messenger."],"13":["With tears... Viz., by occasion of your wives, whom you have put away:","and who came to weep and lament before the altar."],"16":["Iniquity shall cover his garment... Viz., of every man that putteth away","his wife without just cause; notwithstanding that God permitted it in","the law, to prevent the evil of murder."]}},{"title":["Malachias Chapter 3"],"intro":["Christ shall come to his temple, and purify the priesthood. They that","continue in their evil ways shall be punished: but true penitents shall","receive a blessing."],"contents":{"1":["Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my","face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the","testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh,","saith the Lord of hosts."],"2":["And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who","shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the","fuller's herb:"],"3":["And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall","purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver,","and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice."],"4":["And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord,","as in the days of old, and in the ancient years."],"5":["And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness","against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that","oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and","oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts."],"6":["For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are","not consumed."],"7":["For from the days of your fathers you have departed from my","ordinances, and have not kept them: Return to me, and I will return to","you, saith the Lord of hosts. And you have said: Wherein shall we","return?"],"8":["Shall a man afflict God, for you afflict me. And you have said:","Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits."],"9":["And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole","nation of you."],"10":["Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat","in my house, and try me in this, saith the Lord: if I open not unto you","the flood-gates of heaven, and pour you out a blessing even to","abundance."],"11":["And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he shall not","spoil the fruit of your land: neither shall the vine in the field be","barren, saith the Lord of hosts."],"12":["And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a","delightful land, saith the Lord of hosts."],"13":["Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord."],"14":["And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have","said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that","we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before","the Lord of hosts?"],"15":["Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work","wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved."],"16":["Then they that feared the Lord, spoke every one with his","neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of","remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and","think on his name."],"17":["And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts,","in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth","his son that serveth him."],"18":["And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the","just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that","serveth him not."]},"footnotes":{"1":["My angel... Viz., John the Baptist, the messenger of God, and forerunner","of Christ."]}},{"title":["Malachias Chapter 4"],"intro":["The judgment of the wicked, and reward of the just. An exhortation to","observe the law. Elias shall come for the conversion of the Jews."],"contents":{"1":["For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the","proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that","cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not","leave them root, nor branch."],"2":["But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and","health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves","of the herd."],"3":["And you shall tread down the wicked when they shall be ashes under","the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of","hosts."],"4":["Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him","in Horeb for all Israel, the precepts, and judgments."],"5":["Behold, I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the","great and dreadful day of the Lord."],"6":["And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the","heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come, and strike the","earth with anathema."]},"footnotes":{"6":["He shall turn the heart, etc... By bringing over the Jews to the faith","of Christ, he shall reconcile them to their fathers, viz., the","partiarchs and prophets; whose hearts for many ages have been turned","away from them, because of their refusing to believe in Christ.-Ibid.","With anathema... In the Hebrew, Cherem, that is, with utter destruction."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. MARK"],"intro":["St. Mark, the disciple and interpreter of St. Peter (saith St. Jerome),","according to what he heard from Peter himself, wrote at Rome a brief","Gospel at the request of the Brethren, about ten years after our lord's","Ascension; which when Peter had heard, he approved of it and with his","authority published it to the church to be read. Baronius and others say","that the original was written in Latin: but the more general opinion is","that the Evangelist wrote it in Greek."],"contents":[{"title":["Mark Chapter 1"],"intro":["The preaching of John the Baptist. Christ is baptized by him. He calls","his disciples and works many miracles."],"contents":{"1":["The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God."],"2":["As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel","before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee."],"3":["A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the","Lord; make straight his paths."],"4":["John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching the baptism of","penance, unto remission of sins."],"5":["And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all they of","Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing","their sins."],"6":["And John was clothed camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his","loins: and he ate locusts and wild honey."],"7":["And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I,","the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose."],"8":["I have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the","Holy Ghost."],"9":["And it came to pass, in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of","Galilee and was baptized by John in Jordan."],"10":["And forthwith coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens open","and the Spirit as a dove descending and remaining on him."],"11":["And there came a voice from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in","thee I am well pleased."],"12":["And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the desert."],"13":["And he was in the desert forty days and forty nights, and was","tempted by Satan. And he was with beasts: and the angels ministered to","him."],"14":["And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came in Galilee,","preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,"],"15":["And saying: The time is accomplished and the kingdom of God is at","hand. Repent and believe the gospel:"],"16":["And passing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his","brother, casting nets into the sea for they were fishermen."],"17":["And Jesus said to them: Come after me; and I will make you to","become fishers of men."],"18":["And immediately leaving their nets, they followed him."],"19":["And going on from thence a little farther, he saw James the son of","Zebedee and John his brother, who also were mending their nets in the","ship:"],"20":["And forthwith he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in","the ship with his hired men, they followed him."],"21":["And they entered into Capharnaum: and forthwith upon the sabbath","days going into the synagogue, he taught them."],"22":["And they were astonished at his doctrine. For he was teaching them","as one having power, and not as the scribes."],"23":["And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and","he cried out,"],"24":["Saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth?  Art thou","come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the Holy One of God."],"25":["And Jesus threatened him, saying: Speak no more, and go out of the","man."],"26":["And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying out with a loud","voice, went out of him."],"27":["And they were all amazed insomuch that they questioned among","themselves, saying: What thing is this? What is this new doctrine? For","with power he commandeth even the unclean spirits: and they obey him."],"28":["And the fame of him was spread forthwith into all the country of","Galilee."],"29":["And immediately going out of the synagogue they came into the","house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John."],"30":["And Simon's wife's mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith","they tell him of her."],"31":["And coming to her, he lifted her up, taking her by the hand; and","immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them."],"32":["And when it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all","that were ill and that were possessed with devils."],"33":["And all the city was gathered together at the door."],"34":["And he healed many that were troubled with divers diseases.  And","he cast out many devils: and he suffered them not to speak, because they","knew him."],"35":["And rising very early, going out, he went into a desert place: and","there he prayed."],"36":["And Simon and they that were with him followed after him."],"37":["And when they had found him, they said to him: All seek for thee."],"38":["And he saith to them: Let us go into the neighbouring towns and","cities, that I may preach there also; for to this purpose am I come."],"39":["And he was preaching in their synagogues and in all Galilee and","casting out devils."],"40":["And there came a leper to him, beseeching him and kneeling down,","said to him: If thou wilt thou canst make me clean."],"41":["And Jesus, having compassion on him, stretched forth his hand and","touching him saith to him: I will. Be thou made clean."],"42":["And when he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him:","and he was made clean."],"43":["And he strictly charged him and forthwith sent him away."],"44":["And he saith to him: See thou tell no one; but go, shew thyself to","the high priest and offer for thy cleansing the things that Moses","commanded, for a testimony to them."],"45":["But he being gone out, began to publish and to blaze abroad the","word: so that he could not openly go into the city, but was without in","desert places. And they flocked to him from all sides."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 2"],"intro":["Christ heals the sick of the palsy. He calls Matthew and excuses his","disciples."],"contents":{"1":["And again he entered into Capharnaum after some days."],"2":["And it was heard that he was in the house. And many came together,","so that there was no room: no, not even at the door.  And he spoke to","them the word."],"3":["And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was","carried by four."],"4":["And when they could not offer him unto him for the multitude, they","uncovered the roof where he was: and opening it, they let down the bed","wherein the man sick of the palsy lay."],"5":["And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the","palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee."],"6":["And there were some of the scribes sitting there and thinking in","their hearts:"],"7":["Why doth this man speak thus? He blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins,","but God only?"],"8":["Which Jesus presently knowing in his spirit that they so thought","within themselves, saith to them: Why think you these things in your","hearts?"],"9":["Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy sins are","forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy bed and walk?"],"10":["But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to","forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy):"],"11":["I say to thee: Arise. Take up thy bed and go into thy house."],"12":["And immediately he arose and, taking up his bed, went his way in","the sight of all: so that all wondered and glorified God, saying: We","never saw the like."],"13":["And he went forth again to the sea side: and all the multitude","came to him. And he taught them."],"14":["And when he was passing by, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus,","sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him: Follow me. And","rising up, he followed him."],"15":["And it came to pass as he sat at meat in his house, many Publicans","and sinners sat down together with Jesus and his disciples. For they,","with Jesus who also followed him. For they were many, who also followed","him."],"16":["And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with","publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat","and drink with publicans and sinners?"],"17":["Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need","of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just,","but sinners."],"18":["And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast.  And","they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the","Pharisees fast; but thy disciples do not fast?"],"19":["And Jesus saith to them: Can the children of the marriage fast, as","long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom","with them, they cannot fast."],"20":["But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away","from them: and then they shall fast in those days."],"21":["No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise","the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater","rent."],"22":["And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the wine","will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled and the","bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles."],"23":["And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn","fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward and to","pluck the ears of corn."],"24":["And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath","day that which is not lawful?"],"25":["And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he","had need and was hungry, himself and they that were with him?"],"26":["How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest,","and did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but","for the priests, and gave to them who were with him?"],"27":["And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for","the sabbath."],"28":["Therefore the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 3"],"intro":["Christ heals the withered hand. He chooses the twelve. He confutes the","blasphemy of the Pharisees."],"contents":{"1":["And he entered again into the synagogue: and there was a man there","who had a withered hand."],"2":["And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days,","that they might accuse him."],"3":["And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the","midst."],"4":["And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days,","or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace."],"5":["And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the","blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand.","And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him."],"6":["And the Pharisees going out, immediately made a consultation with","the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him."],"7":["But Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea; and a great","multitude followed him from Galilee and Judea,"],"8":["And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and from beyond the Jordan. And","they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which","he did, came to him."],"9":["And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him,","because of the multitude, lest they should throng him."],"10":["For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch","him, as many as had evils."],"11":["And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him:","and they cried, saying:"],"12":["Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they","should not make him known."],"13":["And going up into a mountain, he called unto him whom he would","himself: and they came to him."],"14":["And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send","them to preach."],"15":["And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils."],"16":["And to Simon he gave the name Peter:"],"17":["And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and","he named them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder."],"18":["And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas and","James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus and Simon the Cananean:"],"19":["And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him."],"20":["And they come to a house, and the multitude cometh together again,","so that they could not so much as eat bread."],"21":["And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on","him. For they said: He is become mad."],"22":["And the scribes who were come down from Jerusalem, said: He hath","Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils."],"23":["And after he had called them together, he said to them in","parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?"],"24":["And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot","stand."],"25":["And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand."],"26":["And if Satan be risen up against himself, he is divided, and","cannot stand, but hath an end."],"27":["No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his","goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder","his house."],"28":["Amen I say to you that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of","men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme:"],"29":["But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never","have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin."],"30":["Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit."],"31":["And his mother and his brethren came; and standing without, sent","unto him, calling him."],"32":["And the multitude sat about him; and they say to him: Behold thy","mother and thy brethren without seek for thee."],"33":["And answering them, he said: Who is my mother and my brethren?"],"34":["And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith:","Behold my mother and my brethren."],"35":["For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and my","sister, and mother."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 4"],"intro":["The parable of the sower. Christ stills the tempest at sea."],"contents":{"1":["And again he began to teach by the sea side; and a great multitude","was gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a ship and sat","in the sea: and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side."],"2":["And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in","his doctrine:"],"3":["Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow."],"4":["And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of","the air came and ate it up."],"5":["And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth;","and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth."],"6":["And when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no","root, it withered away."],"7":["And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it,","and it yielded no fruit."],"8":["And some fell upon good ground; and brought forth fruit that grew","up, and increased and yielded, one thirty, another sixty, and another a","hundred."],"9":["And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."],"10":["And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the","parable."],"11":["And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the","kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all things are done in","parables:"],"12":["That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may","hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and","their sins should be forgiven them."],"13":["And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this, parable?  and how","shall you know all parables?"],"14":["He that soweth, soweth the word."],"15":["And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown, and as","soon as they have heard, immediately Satan cometh and taketh away the","word that was sown in their hearts."],"16":["And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who","when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy."],"17":["And they have no root in themselves, but are only for a time: and","then when tribulation and persecution ariseth for the word they are","presently scandalized."],"18":["And others there are who are sown among thorns: these are they","that hear the word,"],"19":["And the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and","the lusts after other things entering in choke the word, and it is made","fruitless."],"20":["And these are they who are sown upon the good ground, who hear the","word, and receive it, and yield fruit, the one thirty, another sixty,","and another a hundred."],"21":["And he said to them: Doth a candle come in to be put under a","bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?"],"22":["For there is nothing hid, which shall not be made manifest:","neither was it made secret, but that it may come abroad."],"23":["If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."],"24":["And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. In what measure you","shall mete, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given","to you."],"25":["For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not,","that also which he hath shall be taken away from him."],"26":["And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast","seed into the earth,"],"27":["And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should","spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not."],"28":["For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade,","then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear."],"29":["And when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the","sickle, because the harvest is come."],"30":["And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what","parable shall we compare it?"],"31":["It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the","earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth:"],"32":["And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all","herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may","dwell under the shadow thereof."],"33":["And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according","as they were able to hear."],"34":["And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he","explained all things to his disciples."],"35":["And he saith to them that day, when evening was come: Let us pass","over to the other side."],"36":["And sending away the multitude, they take him even as he was in","the ship: and there were other ships with him."],"37":["And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the","ship, so that the ship was filled."],"38":["And he was in the hinder part of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow;","and they awake him, and say to him: Master, doth, it not concern thee","that we perish?"],"39":["And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be","still. And the wind ceased: and there was made a great calm."],"40":["And he said to them: Why are you fearful? have you not faith yet?","And they feared exceedingly: and they said one to another: Who is this","(thinkest thou) that both wind and sea obey him?"]},"footnotes":{"12":["That seeing they may see, etc... in punishment of their wilfully","shutting their eyes, (St. Matt. 13. 15,) God justly withdrew those","lights and graces, which otherwise he would have given them, for their","effectual conversion."]}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 5"],"intro":["Christ casts out a legion of devils: he heals the issue of blood, and","raises the daughter of Jairus to life."],"contents":{"1":["And they came over the strait of the sea, into the country of the","Gerasens."],"2":["And as he went out of the ship, immediately there met him out of","the monuments a man with an unclean spirit,"],"3":["Who had his dwelling in the tombs, and no man now could bind him,","not even with chains."],"4":["For having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst","the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one could tame him."],"5":["And he was always day and night in the monuments and in the","mountains, crying and cutting himself with stones."],"6":["And seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and adored him."],"7":["And crying with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee,","Jesus the Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God that thou","torment me not."],"8":["For he said unto him: Go out of the man, thou unclean spirit."],"9":["And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is","Legion, for we are many."],"10":["And he besought him much, that he would not drive him away out of","the country."],"11":["And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine,","feeding."],"12":["And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that","we may enter into them."],"13":["And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spirits","going out, entered into the swine: and the herd with great violence was","carried headlong into the sea, being about two thousand, were stifled in","the sea."],"14":["And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the","fields. And they went out to see what was done:"],"15":["And they came to Jesus, and they see him that was troubled with","the devil, sitting, clothed, and well in his wits, and they were afraid."],"16":["And they that had seen it, told them, in what manner he had been","dealt with who had the devil; and concerning the swine."],"17":["And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts."],"18":["And when he went up into the ship, he that had been troubled with","the devil, began to beseech him that he might be with him."],"19":["And he admitted him not, but saith him: Go into thy house to thy","friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and","hath had mercy thee."],"20":["And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great","things Jesus had done for him: and all men wondered."],"21":["And when Jesus had passed again in the ship over the strait, a","great multitude assembled together unto him, and he was nigh unto the","sea."],"22":["And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue named Jairus:","and seeing him, falleth down at his feet."],"23":["And he besought him much, saying: My daughter is at the point of","death, come, lay thy hand upon her, that she may be safe, and may live."],"24":["And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they","thronged him."],"25":["And a woman who was under an issue of blood twelve years,"],"26":["And had suffered many things from many physicians; and had spent","all that she had, and was nothing the better, but rather worse,"],"27":["When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind him, and","touched his garment."],"28":["For she said: If I shall touch but his garment, I shall be whole."],"29":["And forthwith the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt","in her body that she was healed of the evil."],"30":["And immediately Jesus knowing in himself the virtue that had","proceeded from him, turning to the multitude, said: Who hath touched my","garments?"],"31":["And his disciples said to him: Thou seest the multitude thronging","thee, and sayest thou who hath touched me?"],"32":["And he looked about to see her who had done this."],"33":["But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her,","came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth."],"34":["And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole: go","in peace, and be thou whole of thy disease."],"35":["While he was yet speaking, some come from the ruler of the","synagogue's house, saying: Thy daughter is dead: why dost thou trouble","the master any further?"],"36":["But Jesus having heard the word that was spoken, saith to the","ruler of the synagogue: Fear not, only believe."],"37":["And he admitted not any man to follow him, but Peter, and James,","and John the brother of James."],"38":["And they cone to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he","seeth a tumult, and people weeping and wailing much."],"39":["And going in, he saith to them Why make you this ado, and weep?","the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth."],"40":["And they laughed him to scorn. But he having put them all out,","taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with","him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying."],"41":["And taking the damsel by the hand, he saith to her: Talitha cumi,","which is, being interpreted: Damsel (I say to thee) arise."],"42":["And immediately the damsel rose up, and walked: and she was twelve","years old: and they were astonished with a great astonishment."],"43":["And he charged them strictly that no man should know it: and","commanded that something should be given her to eat."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 6"],"intro":["Christ teaches at Nazareth: he sends forth the twelve apostles: he feeds","five thousand with five loaves; and walks upon the sea."],"contents":{"1":["And going out from thence, he went into his own country; and his","disciples followed him."],"2":["And when the Sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue:","and many hearing him were in admiration at his doctrine, saying: How","came this man by all these things? and what wisdom is this that is given","to him, and such mighty works as are wrought by his hands?"],"3":["Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James,","and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? are not also his sisters here with us?","And they were scandalized in regard of him."],"4":["And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, but in his","own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred."],"5":["And he could not do any miracles there, only that he cured a few","that were sick, laying his hands upon them."],"6":["And he wondered because of their unbelief, and he went through the","villages round about teaching."],"7":["And he called the twelve; and began to send them two and two, and","gave them power over unclean spirits."],"8":["And he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way,","but a staff only; no scrip, no bread, nor money in their purse,"],"9":["But to be shod with sandals, and that they should not put on two","coats."],"10":["And he said to them: Wheresoever you shall enter into an house,","there abide till you depart from that place."],"11":["And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you; going forth","from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony to them."],"12":["And going forth they preached men should do penance:"],"13":["And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that","were sick, and healed them."],"14":["And king Herod heard, (for his name was made manifest,) and he","said: John the Baptist is risen again from dead, and therefore mighty","works shew forth themselves in him."],"15":["And others said: It is Elias. But others said: It is a prophet, as","one of the prophets."],"16":["Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again","from the dead."],"17":["For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him","prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because","he had married her."],"18":["For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy","brother's wife."],"19":["Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to","death and could not."],"20":["For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and","kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him","willingly."],"21":["And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his","birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee."],"22":["And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had","danced, and pleased Herod, and them that were at table with him, the","king said to the damsel: Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it","thee."],"23":["And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee,","though it be the half of my kingdom."],"24":["Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask?","But her mother said: The head of John the Baptist."],"25":["And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she","asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head of","John the Baptist."],"26":["And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because","of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:"],"27":["But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be","brought in a dish."],"28":["And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish:","and gave to the damsel, and the damsel gave it her mother."],"29":["Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it","in a tomb."],"30":["And the apostles coming together unto Jesus, related to him all","things that they had done and taught."],"31":["And he said to them: Come apart into a desert place, and rest a","little. For there were many coming and going: and they had not so much","as time to eat."],"32":["And going up into a ship, they went into a desert place apart."],"33":["And they saw them going away, and many knew: and they ran flocking","thither foot from all the cities, and were there before them."],"34":["And Jesus going out saw a great multitude: and he had compassion","on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began","to teach them many things."],"35":["And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him,","saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past:"],"36":["Send them away, that going into the next villages and towns, they","may buy themselves meat to eat."],"37":["And he answering said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said","to him: Let us go and buy bread for two hundred pence, and we will give","them to eat."],"38":["And he saith to them: How many loaves have you? go and see.  And","when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes."],"39":["And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by","companies upon the green grass."],"40":["And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties."],"41":["And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes: looking","up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave to his","disciples to set before them: and the two fishes he divided among them","all."],"42":["And they all did eat, and had their fill."],"43":["And they took up the leavings, twelve full baskets of fragments,","and of the fishes."],"44":["And they that did eat, were five thousand men."],"45":["And immediately he obliged his disciples to go up into the ship,","that they might go before him over the water to Bethsaida, whilst he","dismissed the people."],"46":["And when he had dismissed them, he went up to the mountain to","pray,"],"47":["And when it was late, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and","himself alone on the land."],"48":["And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against","them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them","walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them."],"49":["But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an","apparition, and they cried out."],"50":["For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he","spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye","not."],"51":["And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased: and","they were far more astonished within themselves:"],"52":["For they understood not concerning the loaves; for their heart was","blinded."],"53":["And when they had passed over, they came into the land of","Genezareth, and set to the shore."],"54":["And when they were gone out of the ship, immediately they knew","him:"],"55":["And running through that whole country, they began to carry about","in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was."],"56":["And whithersoever he entered, into towns or into villages or","cities, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they","might touch but the hem of his garment: and as many as touched him were","made whole."]},"footnotes":{"5":["He could not... Not for want of power, but because he would not work","miracles in favour of obstinate and incredulous people, who were","unworthy of such favours."],"20":["And kept him... That is, from the designs of Herodias; and for fear of","the people, would not put him to death, though she sought it; and","through her daughter she effected her wish."]}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 7"],"intro":["Christ rebukes the Pharisees. He heals the daughter of the woman of","Chanaan; and the man that was deaf and dumb."],"contents":{"1":["And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the","scribes, coming from Jerusalem."],"2":["And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common,","that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault."],"3":["For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing","their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients."],"4":["And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat","not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to","observe, the washings of cups and of pots and of brazen vessels and of","beds."],"5":["And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples","walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with","common hands?"],"6":["But he answering, said to them: Well did Isaias prophesy of you","hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips,","but their heart is far from me."],"7":["And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of","men."],"8":["For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men,","the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to","these."],"9":["And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God,","that you may keep your own tradition."],"10":["For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother. And He that","shall curse father or mother, dying let him die."],"11":["But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban","(which is a gift) whatsoever is from me shall profit thee."],"12":["And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or","mother,"],"13":["Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have","given forth. And many other such like things you do."],"14":["And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye","me all and understand."],"15":["There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can","defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that","defile a man."],"16":["If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."],"17":["And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his","disciples asked him the parable."],"18":["And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge?","Understand you not that every thing from without entering into a man","cannot defile him:"],"19":["Because it entereth not into his heart but goeth into his belly","and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?"],"20":["But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile","a man."],"21":["For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,","adulteries, fornications, murders,"],"22":["Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil","eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness."],"23":["All these evil things come from within and defile a man."],"24":["And rising from thence he went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon:","and entering into a house, he would that no man should know it. And he","could not be hid."],"25":["For a woman as soon as she heard of him, whose daughter had an","unclean spirit, came in and fell down at his feet."],"26":["For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she","besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter."],"27":["Who said to her: suffer first the children to be filled: for it is","not good to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs."],"28":["But she answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also","eat under the table of the crumbs of the children."],"29":["And he said to her: For this saying, go thy way. The devil is gone","out of thy daughter."],"30":["And when she was come into her house, she found the girl lying","upon the bed and that the devil was gone out."],"31":["And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the","sea of Galilee, through the midst the of the coasts of Decapolis."],"32":["And they bring to him one deaf and dumb: and they besought him","that he would lay his hand upon him."],"33":["And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into","his ears: and spitting, he touched his tongue."],"34":["And looking up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: Ephpheta,","which is, Be thou opened."],"35":["And immediately his ears were opened and the string of his tongue","was loosed and he spoke right."],"36":["And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he","charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it."],"37":["And so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all","things well. He hath made both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak."]},"footnotes":{"7":["Doctrines and precepts of men... See the annotations, Matt. 15. 9, 11."]}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 8"],"intro":["Christ feeds four thousand. He gives sight to a blind man. He foretells","his passion."],"contents":{"1":["In those days again, when there was great multitude and they had","nothing to eat; calling his disciples together, he saith to them:"],"2":["I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been","with me three days and have nothing to eat."],"3":["And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will","faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off."],"4":["And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them","here with bread in the wilderness?"],"5":["And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seven."],"6":["And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And taking","the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples for","to set before them. And they set them before the people."],"7":["And they had a few little fishes: and he blessed them and commanded","them to be set before them."],"8":["And they did eat and were filled: and they took up that which was","left of the fragments, seven baskets."],"9":["And they that had eaten were about four thousand. And he sent them","away."],"10":["And immediately going up into a ship with his disciples, he came","into the parts of Dalmanutha."],"11":["And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with him,","asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him."],"12":["And sighing deeply in spirit, he saith: Why doth this generation","seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, a sign shall not be given to this","generation."],"13":["And leaving them, he went up again into the ship and passed to the","other side of the water."],"14":["And they forgot to take bread: and they had but one loaf with them","in the ship."],"15":["And he charged them saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of","the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod."],"16":["And they reasoned among themselves, saying: Because we have no","bread."],"17":["Which Jesus knowing, saith to them: Why do you reason, because you","have no bread? Do you not yet know nor understand?  Have you still your","heart blinded?"],"18":["Having eyes, see you not? And having ears, hear you not?  Neither","do you remember?"],"19":["When I broke the five loves among five thousand, how many baskets","full of fragments took you up? They say to him: Twelve."],"20":["When also the seven loaves among four thousand, how many baskets","of fragments took you up? And they say to him: Seven."],"21":["And he said to them: How do you not yet understand?"],"22":["And they came to Bethsaida: and they bring to him a blind man. And","they besought him that he would touch him."],"23":["And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him out of the town.","And spitting upon his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he","saw any thing."],"24":["And looking up, he said: I see men, as it were trees, walking."],"25":["After that again he laid his hands upon his eyes: and he began to","see and was restored, so that he saw all things clearly."],"26":["And he sent him into his house, saying: Go into thy house, and if","thou enter into the town, tell nobody."],"27":["And Jesus went out, and his disciples into the towns of Caesarea","Philippi. And in the way, he asked his disciples, saying to them: Whom","do men say that I am?"],"28":["Who answered him, saying: John the Baptist; but some Elias, and","others as one of the prophets."],"29":["Then he saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Peter","answering said to him: Thou art the Christ."],"30":["And he strictly charged them that they should not tell any man of","him."],"31":["And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many","things and be rejected by the ancients and by the high priests and the","scribes: and be killed and after three days rise again."],"32":["And he spoke the word openly. And Peter taking him began to rebuke","him."],"33":["Who turning about and seeing his disciples, threatened Peter,","saying: Go behind me, Satan, because thou savourest not the things that","are of God but that are of men."],"34":["And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to","them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself and take up his","cross and follow me."],"35":["For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever","shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel shall save it."],"36":["For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and","suffer the loss of his soul?"],"37":["Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul:"],"38":["For he that shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this","adulterous and sinful generation: the Son of man also will be ashamed of","him, when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."],"39":["And he said to them: Amen f say to you that there are some of them","that stand here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of","God coming in power."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 9"],"intro":["Christ is transfigured. He casts out the dumb spirit. He teaches","humility and to avoid scandal."],"contents":{"1":["And after six days, Jesus taketh with him Peter and James and John,","and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves, and was","transfigured before them."],"2":["And his garments became shining and exceeding white as snow, so as","no fuller upon earth can make white."],"3":["And there appeared to them Elias with Moses: and they were talking","with Jesus."],"4":["And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Rabbi, it is good for us to be","here. And let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for","Moses, and one for Elias."],"5":["For he knew not what he said: for they were struck with fear."],"6":["And there was a cloud overshadowing them. And a voice came out of","the cloud, saying: This is my most beloved Son. Hear ye him."],"7":["And immediately looking about, they saw no man any more, but Jesus","only with them."],"8":["And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them not to","tell any man what things they had seen, till the Son of man shall be","risen again from the dead."],"9":["And they kept the word to themselves; questioning together what","that should mean, when he shall be risen from the dead."],"10":["And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes","say that Elias must come first?"],"11":["Who answering, said to then: Elias, when he shall come first,","shall restore all things; and as it is written of the Son of man that he","must suffer many things and be despised."],"12":["But I say to you that Elias also is come (and they have done to","him whatsoever they would), as it is written of him."],"13":["And coming to his disciples he saw a great multitude about them","and the scribes disputing with them."],"14":["And presently all the people, seeing Jesus, were astonished and","struck with fear: and running to him, they saluted him."],"15":["And he asked them: What do you question about among you?"],"16":["And one of the multitude, answering, said: Master, I have brought","my son to thee, having a dumb spirit."],"17":["Who, wheresoever he taketh him, dasheth him: and he foameth and","gnasheth with the teeth and pineth away. And I spoke to thy disciples to","cast him out: and they could not."],"18":["Who answering them, said: O incredulous generation, how long shall","I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto me."],"19":["And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the","spirit troubled him and being thrown down upon the ground, he rolled","about foaming."],"20":["And he asked his father: How long time is it since this hath","happened unto him? But he sad: From his infancy."],"21":["And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire and into the waters","to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having","compassion on us."],"22":["And Jesus saith to him: If thou canst believe, all things are","possible to him that believeth."],"23":["And immediately the father of the boy crying out, with tears said:","I do believe, Lord. Help my unbelief."],"24":["And when Jesus saw the multitude running together, he threatened","the unclean spirit, saying to him: Deaf and dumb spirit, I command thee,","go out of him and enter not any more into him."],"25":["And crying out and greatly tearing him, he went our of him.  And","he became as dead, so that many said: He is dead."],"26":["But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up. And he arose."],"27":["And when he was come into the house, his disciples secretly asked","him: Why could not we cast him out?"],"28":["And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by","prayer and fasting."],"29":["And departing from thence, they passed through Galilee: and he","would not that any man should know it."],"30":["And he taught his disciples and said to them: The Son of man shall","be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after","that he is killed, he shall rise again the third day."],"31":["But they understood not the word: and they were afraid to ask him."],"32":["And they came to Capharnaum. And when they were in the house, he","asked them: What did you treat of in the way?"],"33":["But they held their peace, for in the way they had disputed among","themselves, which of them should be the greatest."],"34":["And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them: If any","man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all and be minister of","all."],"35":["And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he","had embraced, he saith to them:"],"36":["Whosoever shall receive one such child as this in my name","receiveth me. And whosoever shall receive me receiveth not me but him","that sent me."],"37":["John answered him, saying: Master, we saw one casting out devils","in thy name, who followeth not us: and we forbade him."],"38":["But Jesus said: Do not forbid him. For there is no man that doth a","miracle in my name and can soon speak ill of me."],"39":["For he that is not against you is for you."],"40":["For whosoever shall give you to drink a cup of water in my name,","because you belong to Christ: amen I say to you, he shall not lose his","reward."],"41":["And whosoever shall scandalize one of these little ones that","believe in me: it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about","his neck and he were cast into the sea."],"42":["And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee","to enter into life, maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into","unquenchable fire:"],"43":["Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished."],"44":["And if thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee","to enter lame into life everlasting than having two feet to be cast into","the hell of unquenchable fire:"],"45":["Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished."],"46":["And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out: it is better for","thee with one eye to enter into the kingdom of God than having two eyes","to be cast into the hell of fire:"],"47":["Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished."],"48":["For every one shall be salted with fire: and every victim shall be","salted with salt."],"49":["Salt is good. But if the salt become unsavoury, wherewith will you","season it? Have salt in you: and have peace among you."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 10"],"intro":["Marriage is not to be dissolved. The danger of riches. The ambition of","the sons of Zebedee. A blind man is restored to his sight."],"contents":{"1":["And rising up from thence, he cometh into the coast of Judea","beyond the Jordan: and the multitude flocked to him again. And as he was","accustomed, he taught them again."],"2":["And the Pharisees coming to him asked him, tempting him: Is it","lawful for a man to put away his wife?"],"3":["But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you?"],"4":["Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put","her away."],"5":["To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your","heart, he wrote you that precept."],"6":["But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and","female."],"7":["For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall","cleave to his wife."],"8":["And they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not","two, but one flesh."],"9":["What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder."],"10":["And in the house again his disciples asked him concerning the","same thing."],"11":["And he saith to them: Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry","another committeth adultery against her."],"12":["And if the wife shall put away her husband and be married to","another, she committeth adultery."],"13":["And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them.","And the disciples rebuked them that brought them."],"14":["Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased and saith to them:","Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for of","such is the kingdom of God."],"15":["Amen I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God","as a little child shall not enter into it."],"16":["And embracing them and laying his hands upon them, he blessed","them."],"17":["And when he was gone forth into the way, a certain man, running","up and kneeling before him, asked him: Good Master, what shall I do that","I may receive life everlasting?"],"18":["And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good but","one, that is God."],"19":["Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not","kill, do not steal, bear not false witness, do no fraud, honour thy","father and mother."],"20":["But he answering, said to him: Master, all these things I have","observed from my youth."],"21":["And Jesus, looking on him, loved him and said to him: One thing","is wanting unto thee. Go, sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the","poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me."],"22":["Who being struck sad at that saying, went away sorrowful: for he","had great possessions."],"23":["And Jesus looking round about, saith to his disciples: How hardly","shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!"],"24":["And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus again","answering, saith to them: Children, how hard is it for them that trust","in riches to enter into the kingdom of God?"],"25":["It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than","for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."],"26":["Who wondered the more, saying among themselves: Who then can be","saved?"],"27":["And Jesus looking on them, saith with men it is impossible; but","not with God. For all things are possible with God."],"28":["And Peter began to say unto him: Behold, we have left all things","and have followed thee."],"29":["Jesus answering said: Amen I say to you, there is no man who hath","left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or children or","lands, for my sake and for the gospel,"],"30":["Who shall not receive an hundred times as much, now in this time:","houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with","persecutions: and in the world to come life everlasting."],"31":["But many that are first shall be last: and the last, first."],"32":["And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem: and Jesus went","before them. And they were astonished and following were afraid. And","taking again the twelve, he began to tell them the things that should","befall him."],"33":["Saying: Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be","betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes and ancients. And they","shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles."],"34":["And they shall mock him and spit on him and scourge him and kill","him: and the third day he shall rise again."],"35":["And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying:","Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall ask, thou wouldst do it for","us."],"36":["But he said to them: What would you that I should do for you?"],"37":["And they said: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand","and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory."],"38":["And Jesus said to them: You know not what you ask. Can you drink","of the chalice that I drink of or be baptized with the baptism wherewith","I am baptized?"],"39":["But they said to him: We can. And Jesus saith to them: You shall","indeed drink of the chalice that I drink of; and with the baptism","wherewith I am baptized you shall be baptized."],"40":["But to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give to","you, but to them for whom it is prepared."],"41":["And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased at James and","John."],"42":["But Jesus calling them, saith to them: You know that they who","seem to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them: and their princes have","power over them."],"43":["But it is not so among you: but whosoever will be greater shall","be your minister."],"44":["And whosoever will be first among you shall be the servant of","all."],"45":["For the Son of man also is not come to be ministered unto: but to","minister and to give his life a redemption for many."],"46":["And they came to Jericho. And as he went out of Jericho with his","disciples and a very great multitude, Bartimeus the blind man, the son","of Timeus, sat by the way side begging."],"47":["Who when he had heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, began to cry","out and to say: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."],"48":["And many rebuked him, that he might hold his peace; but he cried","a great deal the more: Son of David, have mercy on me."],"49":["And Jesus, standing still, commanded him to be called. And they","call the blind man, saying to him: Be of better comfort.  Arise, he","calleth thee."],"50":["Who casting off his garment leaped up and came to him."],"51":["And Jesus answering, said to him: What wilt thou that I should do","to thee? And the blind man said to him: Rabboni. That I may see."],"52":["And Jesus saith to him: Go thy way. Thy faith hath made thee","whole. And immediately he saw and followed him in the way."]},"footnotes":{"18":["None is good... Of himself entirely and essentially, but God alone; men","may be good also, but only by participation of God's goodness."]}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 11"],"intro":["Christ enters into Jerusalem upon an ass. He curses the barren fig tree","and drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple."],"contents":{"1":["And when they were drawing near to Jerusalem and to Bethania, at","the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples,"],"2":["And saith to them: Go into the village that is over against you,","and immediately at your coming in thither, you shall find a colt tied,","upon which no man yet hath sat. Loose him and bring him."],"3":["And if any man shall say to you: What are you doing? Say ye that","the Lord hath need of him. And immediately he will let him come hither."],"4":["And going their way, they found the colt tied before the gate","without, in the meeting of two ways. And they loose him."],"5":["And some of them that stood there said to them: What do you","loosing the colt?"],"6":["Who said to them as Jesus had commanded them. And they let him go","with them."],"7":["And they brought the colt to Jesus. And they lay their garments on","him: and he sat upon him."],"8":["And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down","boughs from the trees and strewed them in the way."],"9":["And they that went before and they that followed cried, saying:","Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."],"10":["Blessed be the kingdom of our father David that cometh: Hosanna","in the highest."],"11":["And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple: and having viewed","all things round about, when now the eventide was come, he went out to","Bethania with the twelve."],"12":["And the next day when they came out from Bethania, he was hungry."],"13":["And when he had seen afar off a fig tree having leaves, he came,","if perhaps he might find any thing on it. And when he was come to it, he","found nothing but leaves. For it was not the time for figs."],"14":["And answering he said to it: May no man hereafter eat fruit of","thee any more for ever! And his disciples heard it."],"15":["And they came to Jerusalem. And when he was entered into the","temple, he began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple:","and over threw the tables of the moneychangers and the chairs of them","that sold doves."],"16":["And he suffered not that any man should carry a vessel through","the temple."],"17":["And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written: My house shall","be called the house of prayer to all nations, but you have made it a den","of thieves."],"18":["Which when the chief priests and the scribes had heard, they","sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because the","whole multitude was in admiration at his doctrine."],"19":["And when evening was come, he went forth out of the city."],"20":["And when they passed by in the morning they saw the fig tree","dried up from the roots."],"21":["And Peter remembering, said to him: Rabbi, behold the fig tree","which thou didst curse is withered away."],"22":["And Jesus answering, saith to them: Have the faith of God."],"23":["Amen I say to you that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be","thou removed and be cast into the sea, and shall not stagger in his","heart, but be believe that whatsoever he saith shall be done; it shall","be done unto him."],"24":["Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye","pray, believe that you shall receive: and they shall come unto you."],"25":["And when you shall stand to pray, forgive, if you have aught","against any man: that your Father also, who is in heaven, may forgive","you your sins."],"26":["But if you will not forgive, neither will your father that is in","heaven forgive you your sins."],"27":["And they come again to Jerusalem. And when he was walking in the","temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the","ancients."],"28":["And they say to him: By what authority dost thou these things?","And who hath given thee this authority that thou shouldst do these","things?"],"29":["And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one word.","And answer you me: and I will tell you by what authority I do these","things."],"30":["The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? Answer me."],"31":["But they thought with themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven;","he will say, Why then did you not believe him?"],"32":["If we say, From men, we fear the people. For all men counted John","that he was a prophet indeed."],"33":["And they answering, say to Jesus: We know not. And Jesus","answering, saith to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do","these things."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 12"],"intro":["The parable of the vineyard and husbandmen. Caesar's right to tribute.","The Sadducees are confuted. The first commandment.  The widow's mite."],"contents":{"1":["And he began to speak to them in parables: A certain man planted a","vineyard and made a hedge about it and dug a place for the winefat and","built a tower and let it to husbandmen: and went into a far country."],"2":["And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant to receive","of the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard."],"3":["Who, having laid hands on him, beat and sent him away empty."],"4":["And again he sent to them another servant: and him they wounded in","the head and used him reproachfully."],"5":["And again he sent another, and him they killed: and many others,","of whom some they beat, and others they killed."],"6":["Therefore, having yet one son, most dear to him, he also sent him","unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son."],"7":["But the husbandmen said one to another: This is the heir.  Come","let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours."],"8":["And laying hold on him, they killed him and cast him out of the","vineyard."],"9":["What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and","destroy those husbandmen and will give the vineyard to others."],"10":["And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the","builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:"],"11":["By the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes."],"12":["And they sought to lay hands on him: but they feared the people.","For they knew that he spoke this parable to them. And leaving him, they","went their way."],"13":["And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians:","that they should catch him in his words."],"14":["Who coming, say to him: Master, we know that thou art a true","speaker and carest not for any man; for thou regardest not the person of","men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute","to Caesar? Or shall we not give it?"],"15":["Who knowing their wiliness, saith to them: Why tempt you me?","Bring me a penny that I may see it."],"16":["And they brought it him. And he saith to them: Whose is this","image and inscription? They say to him, Caesar's."],"17":["And Jesus answering, said to them: Render therefore to Caesar the","things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's. And they","marvelled at him."],"18":["And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no","resurrection. And they asked him, saying:"],"19":["Master, Moses wrote unto us that if any man's brother die and","leave his wife behind him and leave no children, his brother should take","his wife and raise up seed to his brother."],"20":["Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died","leaving no issue."],"21":["And the second took her and died: and neither did he leave any","issue. And the third in like manner."],"22":["And the seven all took her in like manner and did not leave","issue. Last of all the woman also died."],"23":["In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, whose","wife shall she be of them? For the seven had her to wife."],"24":["And Jesus answering, saith to them: Do ye not therefore err,","because you know not the scriptures nor the power of God?"],"25":["For when they shall rise again from the dead, they shall neither","marry, nor be married, but are as the angels in heaven."],"26":["And as concerning the dead that they rise again have you not read","in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the","God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?"],"27":["He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore","do greatly err."],"28":["And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning","together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was","the first commandment of all."],"29":["And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O","Israel: the Lord thy God is one God."],"30":["And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and","with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind and with thy whole strength.","This is the first commandment."],"31":["And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as","thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these."],"32":["And the scribe said to him: Well, Master, thou hast said in truth","that there is one God and there is no other besides him."],"33":["And that he should be loved with the whole heart and with the","whole understanding and with the whole soul and with the whole strength.","And to love one's neighbour as one's self is a greater thing than all","holocausts and sacrifices."],"34":["And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him: Thou","art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him","any question."],"35":["And Jesus answering, said, teaching in the temple: How do the","scribes say that Christ is the son of David?"],"36":["For David himself saith by the Holy Ghost: The Lord said to my","Lord: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool."],"37":["David therefore himself calleth him Lord. And whence is he then","his son? And a great multitude heard him gladly."],"38":["And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who","love to walk in long robes and to be saluted in the marketplace,"],"39":["And to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues and to have the","highest places at suppers:"],"40":["Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long","prayer. These shall receive greater judgment."],"41":["And Jesus sitting over against the treasury, beheld how the","people cast money into the treasury. And many that were rich cast in","much."],"42":["And there came a certain poor widow: and she cast in two mites,","which make a farthing."],"43":["And calling his disciples together, he saith to them: Amen I say","to you, this poor widow hath cast in more than all they who have cast","into the treasury."],"44":["For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want","cast in all she had, even her whole living."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 13"],"intro":["Christ foretells the destruction of the temple and the signs that shall","forerun the day of judgment."],"contents":{"1":["And as he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said","to him: Master, behold what manner of stones and what buildings are","here."],"2":["And Jesus answering, said to him: Seest thou all these great","buildings? There shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not","be thrown down."],"3":["And as he sat on the mount of Olivet over against the temple,","Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him apart:"],"4":["Tell us, when shall these things be and what shall be the sign","when all these things shall begin to be fulfilled?"],"5":["And Jesus answering, began to say to them: Take heed lest any man","deceive you."],"6":["For many shall come in my name saying, I am he: and they shall","deceive many."],"7":["And when you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, fear ye not.","For such things must needs be: but the end is not yet."],"8":["For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom:","and there shall be earthquakes in divers places and famines. These","things are the beginning of sorrows."],"9":["But look to yourselves. For they shall deliver you Up to councils:","and in the synagogues you shall be beaten: and you shall stand before","governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them."],"10":["And unto all nations the gospel must first be preached."],"11":["And when they shall lead you and deliver you up, be not","thoughtful beforehand what you shall speak: but whatsoever shall be","given you in that hour, that speak ye. For it is not you that speak, but","the Holy Ghost."],"12":["And the brother shall betray his brother unto death, and the","father his son; and children shall rise up against their parents and","shall work their death."],"13":["And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake. But he that","shall endure unto the end, he shall be saved."],"14":["And when you shall see the abomination of desolation, standing","where it ought not (he that readeth let him understand): then let them","that are in Judea flee unto the mountains."],"15":["And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house","nor enter therein to take any thing out of the house."],"16":["And let him that shall be in the field not turn back to take up","his garment."],"17":["And woe to them that are with child and that give suck in those","days."],"18":["But pray ye that these things happen not in winter."],"19":["For in those days shall be such tribulations as were not from the","beginning of the creation which God created until now: neither shall be."],"20":["And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh should be","saved: but, for the sake of the elect which he hath chosen, he hath","shortened the days."],"21":["And then if any man shall say to you: Lo, here is Christ.  Lo, he","is here: do not believe."],"22":["For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets: and they","shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce (if it were possible) even the","elect."],"23":["Take you heed therefore: behold, I have foretold you all things."],"24":["But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be","darkened and the moon shall not give her light."],"25":["And the stars of heaven shall be falling down and the powers that","are in heaven shall be moved."],"26":["And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with","great power and glory."],"27":["And then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his","elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the","uttermost part of heaven."],"28":["Now of the fig tree learn ye a parable. When the branch thereof","is now tender and the leaves are come forth, you know that summer is","very near."],"29":["So you also when you shall see these things come to pass, know ye","that it is very nigh, even at the doors."],"30":["Amen, I say to you that this generation shall not pass until all","these things be done."],"31":["Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my word shall not pass","away."],"32":["But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither the angels in","heaven, nor the Son, but the Father."],"33":["Take ye heed, watch and pray. For ye know not when the time is."],"34":["Even as a man who, going into a far country, left his house and","gave authority to his servants over every work and commanded the porter","to watch."],"35":["Watch ye therefore (for you know not when the lord of the house","cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the","morning):"],"36":["Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping."],"37":["And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch."]},"footnotes":{"32":["Nor the Son... Not that the Son of God is absolutely ignorant of the day","of judgment, but that he knoweth it not, as our teacher; that is, he","knoweth it not so as to teach it to us, as not being expedient."]}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 14"],"intro":["The first part of the history of the passion of Christ."],"contents":{"1":["Now the feast of the pasch and of the Azymes was after two days:","and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might by some wile","lay hold on him and kill him."],"2":["But they said: Not on the festival day, lest there should be a","tumult among the people."],"3":["And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and","was at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of","precious spikenard. And breaking the alabaster box, she poured it out","upon his head."],"4":["Now there were some that had indignation within themselves and","said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?"],"5":["For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred","pence and given to the poor. And they murmured against her."],"6":["But Jesus said: Let her alone. Why do You molest her? She hath","wrought a good work upon me."],"7":["For the poor you have always with you: and whensoever you will,","you may do them good: but me you have not always."],"8":["She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my","body for the burial."],"9":["Amen, I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in","the whole world, that also which she hath done shall be told for a","memorial of her."],"10":["And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests,","to betray him to them."],"11":["Who hearing it were glad: and they promised him they would give","him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him."],"12":["Now on the first day of the unleavened bread, when they","sacrificed the pasch, the disciples say to him: Whither wilt thou that","we go and prepare for thee to eat the pasch?"],"13":["And he sendeth two of his disciples and saith to them: Go ye into","the city; and there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water.","Follow him."],"14":["And whithersoever he shall go in, say to the master of the house,","The master saith, Where is my refectory, where I may eat the pasch with","my disciples?"],"15":["And he will shew you a large dining room furnished. And there","prepare ye for us."],"16":["And his disciples went their way and came into the city.  And","they found as he had told them: and they prepared the pasch."],"17":["And when evening was come, he cometh with the twelve."],"18":["And when they were at table and eating, Jesus saith: Amen I say","to you, one of you that eateth with me shall betray me."],"19":["But they began to be sorrowful and to say to him, one by one: Is","it I?"],"20":["Who saith to them: One of the twelve, who dippeth with me his","hand in the dish."],"21":["And the Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe","to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed.  It were better","for him, if that man had not been born."],"22":["And whilst they were eating, Jesus took bread; and blessing,","broke and gave to them and said: Take ye. This is my body."],"23":["And having taken the chalice, giving thanks, he gave it to them.","And they all drank of it."],"24":["And he said to them: This is my blood of the new testament, which","shall be shed for many."],"25":["Amen I say to you that I will drink no more of the fruit of the","vine until that day when I shall drink it new in the kingdom of God."],"26":["And when they had sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of","Olives."],"27":["And Jesus saith to them: You will all be scandalized in my regard","this night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep","shall be dispersed."],"28":["But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into","Galilee."],"29":["But Peter saith to him: Although all shall be scandalized in","thee, yet not I."],"30":["And Jesus saith to him: Amen I say to thee, to-day, even in this","night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice."],"31":["But he spoke the more vehemently: Although I should die together","with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all."],"32":["And they came to a farm called Gethsemani. And he saith to his","disciples: Sit you here, while I pray."],"33":["And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to","fear and to be heavy."],"34":["And he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death.  Stay","you here and watch."],"35":["And when he was gone forward a little, he fell flat on the","ground: and he prayed that, if it might be, the hour might pass from","him."],"36":["And he saith: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee:","remove this chalice from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt."],"37":["And he cometh and findeth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter:","Simon, sleepest thou? Couldst thou not watch one hour?"],"38":["Watch ye: and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit","indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."],"39":["And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words."],"40":["And when he returned, he found them again asleep (for their eyes","were heavy): and they knew not what to answer him."],"41":["And he cometh the third time and saith to them: Sleep ye now and","take your rest. It is enough. The hour is come: behold the Son of man","shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners."],"42":["Rise up: let us go. Behold, he that will betray me is at hand."],"43":["And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the","twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the","chief priests and the scribes and the ancients."],"44":["And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying:","Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Lay hold on him: and lead him away","carefully."],"45":["And when he was come, immediately going up to him he saith: Hail,","Rabbi! And he kissed him."],"46":["But they laid hands on him and held him."],"47":["And one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant","of the chief priest and cut off his ear."],"48":["And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a","robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me?"],"49":["I was daily with you in the temple teaching: and you did not lay","hands on me. But that the scriptures may be fulfilled."],"50":["Then his disciples, leaving him, all fled away."],"51":["And a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast","about his naked body. And they laid hold on him."],"52":["But he, casting off the linen cloth, fled from them naked."],"53":["And they brought Jesus to the high priest. And all the priests","and the scribes and the ancients assembled together."],"54":["And Peter followed him afar off, even into the court of the high","priest. And he sat with the servants at the fire and warmed himself."],"55":["And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence","against Jesus, that they might put him to death: and found none."],"56":["For many bore false witness against him: and their evidences were","not agreeing."],"57":["And some rising up, bore false witness against him, saying:"],"58":["We heard him say, I Will destroy this temple made with hands and","within three days I will build another not made with hands."],"59":["And their witness did not agree."],"60":["And the high priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying:","Answerest thou nothing to the things that are laid to thy charge by","these men?"],"61":["But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest","asked him and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed","God?"],"62":["And Jesus said to him: I am. And you shall see the Son of man","sitting on the right hand of the power of God and coming with the clouds","of heaven."],"63":["Then the high priest rending his garments, saith: What need we","any further witnesses?"],"64":["You have heard the blasphemy. What think you? Who all condemned","him to be guilty of death."],"65":["And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to buffet","him and to say unto him: Prophesy. And the servants struck him with the","palms their hands."],"66":["Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of the","maid-servants of the high priest."],"67":["And when she had seen Peter warming himself looking on him, she","saith: Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth."],"68":["But he denied, saying: I neither know nor understand what thou","sayest. And he went forth before the court; and the cock crew."],"69":["And again a maid-servant seeing him, began to say to the standers","by: This is one of them."],"70":["But he denied again. And after a, while they that stood by said","again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art also a","Galilean."],"71":["But he began o curse and to swear, saying: I know not this man of","whom you speak."],"72":["And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remembered the","word that Jesus had said unto him: Before the cock crow twice, thou","shalt thrice deny me. And he began to weep,"]},"footnotes":{"1":["Azymes... That is, the feast of the unleavened bread."],"30":["Crow twice... The cocks crow at two different times of the night; viz.,","about midnight for the first time; and then about the time commonly","called the cock crowing; and this was the cock crowing our Saviour spoke","of; and therefore the other Evangelists take no notice of the first","crowing."]}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 15"],"intro":["The continuation of the history of the passion."],"contents":{"1":["And straightway in the morning, the chief priests holding a","consultation with the ancients and the scribes and the whole council,","binding Jesus, led him away and delivered him to Pilate."],"2":["And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he","answering, saith to him: Thou sayest it."],"3":["And the chief priests accused him in many things."],"4":["And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing?","Behold in how many things they accuse thee."],"5":["But Jesus still answered nothing: so that Pilate wondered."],"6":["Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of","the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded."],"7":["And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some","seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder."],"8":["And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he","would do as he had ever done unto them."],"9":["And Pilate answered them and said: Will you that I release to you","the king of the Jews?"],"10":["For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of","envy."],"11":["But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather","release Barabbas to them."],"12":["And Pilate again answering, saith to them: What will you then","that I do to the king of the Jews?"],"13":["But they again cried out: Crucify him."],"14":["And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they","cried out the more: Crucify him."],"15":["And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the people, released to","them Barabbas: and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be","crucified."],"16":["And the soldiers led him away into the court of the palace: and","they called together the whole band."],"17":["And they clothed him with purple: and, platting a crown of","thorns, they put it upon him."],"18":["And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews."],"19":["And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him.","And bowing their knees, they adored him."],"20":["And after they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him","and put his own garments on him: and they led him out to crucify him."],"21":["And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by coming out of","the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross."],"22":["And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being","interpreted is, The place of Calvary."],"23":["And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh. But he took","it not."],"24":["And crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon","them, what every man should take."],"25":["And it was the third hour: and they crucified him."],"26":["And the inscription of his cause was written over: THE KING OF","THE JEWS."],"27":["And with him they crucify two thieves: the one on his right hand,","and the other on his left."],"28":["And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: And with the wicked","he was reputed."],"29":["And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and","saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God and in three days","buildest it up again:"],"30":["Save thyself, coming down from the cross."],"31":["In like manner also the chief priests, mocking, said with the","scribes one to another: He saved others; himself he cannot save."],"32":["Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that","we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him, reviled","him."],"33":["And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the","whole earth until the ninth hour."],"34":["And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying:","Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? Which is, being interpreted: My God, My","God, Why hast thou forsaken me?"],"35":["And some of the standers by hearing, said: Behold he calleth","Elias."],"36":["And one running and filling a sponge with vinegar and putting it","upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying: Stay, let us see if Elias come","to take him down."],"37":["And Jesus, having cried out with a loud voice, gave up the ghost."],"38":["And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the","bottom."],"39":["And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying","out in this manner he had given up the ghost, said: Indeed this man was","the son of God."],"40":["And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was","Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joseph and","Salome,"],"41":["Who also when he was in Galilee followed him and ministered to","him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem."],"42":["And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that","is, the day before the sabbath),"],"43":["Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself","looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and","begged the body of Jesus."],"44":["But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending","for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead."],"45":["And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body","to Joseph."],"46":["And Joseph, buying fine linen and taking him down, wrapped him up","in the fine linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out of a","rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre."],"47":["And Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Joseph, beheld where he","was laid."]},"footnotes":{"25":["The third hour... The ancient account divided the day into four parts,","which were named from the hour from which they began; the first, third,","sixth, and ninth hour. Our Lord was crucified a little before noon;","before the third hour had quite expired; but when the sixth hour was","near at hand."]}},{"title":["Mark Chapter 16"],"intro":["Christ's resurrection and ascension."],"contents":{"1":["And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother","of James and Salome bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint","Jesus."],"2":["And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they","come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen."],"3":["And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone","from the door of the sepulchre?"],"4":["And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very","great."],"5":["And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on","the right side, clothed with a white robe: and they were astonished."],"6":["Who saith to them: Be not affrighted; you seek Jesus of Nazareth,","who was crucified. He is risen: he is not here.  Behold the place where","they laid him."],"7":["But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into","Galilee. There you shall see him, as he told you."],"8":["But they going out, fled from the sepulchre: for a trembling and","fear had seized them. And they said nothing to any man: for they were","afraid."],"9":["But he rising early the first day of the week, appeared first to","Mary Magdalen; out of whom he had cast seven devils."],"10":["She went and told them that had been with him, who were mourning","and weeping."],"11":["And they hearing that he was alive and had been seen by her, did","not believe."],"12":["And after that he appeared in another shape to two of them","walking, as they were going into the country."],"13":["And they going told it to the rest: neither did they believe","them."],"14":["At length he appeared to the eleven as they were at table: and he","upbraided them with their incredulity and hardness of heart, because","they did not believe them who had seen him after he was risen again."],"15":["And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world and preach the","gospel to every creature."],"16":["He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved: but he that","believeth not shall he condemned."],"17":["And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name they","shall cast out devils. They shall speak with new tongues."],"18":["They shall take up serpents: and if they shall drink any deadly","thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay their hand upon the sick:","and they shall recover."],"19":["And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up","into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God."],"20":["But they going forth preached every where: the Lord working","withal, and confirming the word with signs that followed."]},"footnotes":{"2":["The sun being now risen... They set out before it was light, to go to","the sepulchre; but the sun was risen when they arrived there. Or,","figuratively, the sun here spoken of is the sun of justice, Christ Jesus","our Lord, who was risen before their coming."]}}]}

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+{"title":["THE PROPHECY OF MICHEAS"],"intro":["MICHEAS, of Morasti, a little town in the tribe of JUDA, was","contemporary with the prophet ISAIAS: whom he resembles both in his","spirit and his style. He is different from the prophet MICHEAS mentioned","in the third book of Kings, chap. 22. For that MICHEAS lived in the days","of king ACHAB, one hundred and fifty years before the time of EZECHIAS,","under whom this MICHEAS prophesied."],"contents":[{"title":["Micheas Chapter 1"],"intro":["Samaria for her sins shall be destroyed by the Assyrians; they shall","also invade Juda and Jerusalem."],"contents":{"1":["The word of the Lord, that came to Micheas, the Morasthite, in the","days of Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda: which he saw","concerning Samaria and Jerusalem."],"2":["Hear, all ye people: and let the earth give ear, and all that is","therein: and let the Lord God be a witness to you, the Lord from his","holy temple."],"3":["For behold the Lord will come forth out of his place: and he will","come down, and will tread upon the high places of the earth."],"4":["And the mountains shall be melted under him: and the valleys shall","be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as waters that run down a steep","place."],"5":["For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the","house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and","what are the high places of Juda? are they not Jerusalem?"],"6":["And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a","vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the","valley, and will lay her foundations bare."],"7":["And all her graven things shall be cut in pieces, and all her wages","shall be burnt with fire, and I will bring to destruction all her idols:","for they were gathered together of the hire of a harlot, and unto the","hire of a harlot they shall return."],"8":["Therefore will I lament, and howl: I will go stript and naked: I","will make a wailing like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches."],"9":["Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it","hath touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem."],"10":["Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ye not with tears: in the house of","Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust."],"11":["And pass away, O thou that dwellest in the beautiful place,","covered with thy shame: she went not forth that dwelleth in the","confines: the house adjoining shall receive mourning from you, which","stood by herself.","Thou that dwellest in the Beautiful place, viz., in Samaria. In the","Hebrew the Beautiful place is expressed by the word Sapir, which some"],"12":["For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for","evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem."],"13":["A tumult of chariots hath astonished the inhabitants of Lachis: it","is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Sion for in thee were found","the crimes of Israel."],"14":["Therefore shall she send messengers to the inheritance of Geth:","the houses of lying to deceive the kings of Israel."],"15":["Yet will I bring an heir to thee that dwellest in Maresa: even to","Odollam shall the glory of Israel come."],"16":["Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge","thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from","thee."]},"footnotes":{"7":["Her wages... That is, her donaries or presents offered to her idols: or","the hire of all her traffic and labour. Ibid. Of the hire of a harlot,","etc... They were gathered together by one idolatrous city, viz.,","Samaria: and they shall be carried away to another idolatrous city,","viz., Ninive."],"9":["It hath touched the gate, etc... That is, the destruction of Samaria","shall be followed by the invasion of my people of Juda, and the","Assyrians shall come and lay all waste even to the confines of","Jerusalem."],"10":["Declare ye it not in Geth... Viz., amongst the Philistines, lest they","rejoice at your calamity.-Ibid. Weep ye not, etc... Keep in your tears,","that you may not give your enemies an occasion of insulting over you;","but in your own houses, or in your house of dust, your earthly","habitation, sprinkle yourselves with dust, and put on the habit of","penitents. Some take the house of dust (in Hebrew, Aphrah) to be the","proper name of a city."],"11":["take for the proper name of a city.--Ibid. She went not forth, etc...","that is, they that dwelt in the confines came not forth, but kept","themselves within, for fear.--Ibid. The house adjoining,etc... Viz.,","Judea and Jerusalem, neighbours to Samaria, and partners in her sins,","shall share also in her mourning and calamity; though they have","pretended to stand by themselves, trusting in their strength."],"12":["She is become weak, etc... Jerusalem is become weak unto any good;","because she dwells in the bitterness of sin."],"13":["It is the beginning, etc... That is, Lachis was the first city of Juda","that learned from Samaria the worship of idols, and communicated it to","Jerusalem."],"14":["Therefore shall she send, etc... Lachis shall send to Geth for help: but","in vain: for Geth, instead of helping, shall be found to be a house of","lying and deceit to Israel."],"15":["An heir, etc... Maresa (which was the name of a city of Juda) signifies","inheritance: but here God by his prophet tells the Jews, that he will","bring them an heir to take possession of their inheritance: and that the","glory of Israel shall be obliged to give place, and to retire even to","Odollam, a city in the extremity of their dominions. And therefore he","exhorts them to penance in the following verse."]}},{"title":["Micheas Chapter 2"],"intro":["The Israelites by their crying injustices provoke God to punish them. He","shall at last restore Jacob."],"contents":{"1":["Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in","your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is","against God."],"2":["And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and","houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house,","a man and his inheritance."],"3":["Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I devise an evil against this","family: from which you shall not withdraw your necks, and you shall not","walk haughtily, for this is a very evil time."],"4":["In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall","be sung with melody by them that say: We are laid waste and spoiled: the","portion of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas he","is returning that will divide our land?"],"5":["Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in","the assembly of the Lord."],"6":["Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall","not take them."],"7":["The house of Jacob saith: Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened or","are these his thoughts? Are not my words good to him that walketh","uprightly?"],"8":["But my people, on the contrary, are risen up as an enemy: you have","taken away the cloak off from the coat: and them that passed harmless","you have turned to war."],"9":["You have cast out the women of my people from their houses, in","which they took delight: you have taken my praise forever from their","children."],"10":["Arise ye, and depart, for there is no rest here for you. For that","uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous","corruption."],"11":["Would God I were not a man that hath the spirit, and that I rather","spoke a lie: I will let drop to thee of wine, and of drunkenness: and it","shall be this people upon whom it shall drop."],"12":["I will assemble and gather together all of thee, O Jacob: I will","bring together the remnant of Israel, I will put them together as a","flock in the fold, as sheep in the midst of the sheepcotes, they shall","make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men."],"13":["For he shall go up that shall open the way before them: they shall","divide and pass through the gate, and shall come in by it: and their","king shall pass before them, and the Lord at the head of them."]},"footnotes":{"4":["How shall he depart, etc... How do you pretend to say that the Assyrian","is departing; when indeed he is coming to divide our lands amongst his","subjects?"],"5":["Thou shalt have none, etc... Thou shalt have no longer any lot or","inheritance in the land of the people of the Lord."],"6":["It shall not drop, etc... That is, the prophecy shall not come upon","these. Such were the sentiments of the people that were unwilling to","believe the threats of the prophets."],"8":["You have taken away, etc... You have even stripped people of their","necessary garments: and have treated such as were innocently passing on","the way, as if they were at war with you."],"9":["You have cast out, etc... either by depriving them of their houses: or,","by your crimes, given occasion to their being carried away captives, and","their children, by that means, never learning to praise the Lord."],"11":["Would God, etc... The prophet could have wished, out of his love to his","people, that he might be deceived in denouncing to them these evils that","were to fall upon them: but by conforming himself to the will of God, he","declares to them, that he is sent to prophesy, literally to let drop","upon them, the wine of God's indignation, with which they should be made","drunk; that is, stupefied and cast down."]}},{"title":["Micheas Chapter 3"],"intro":["For the sins of the rich oppressing the poor, of false prophets","flattering for lucre, and of judges perverting justice, Jerusalem and","the temple shall be destroyed."],"contents":{"1":["And I said: Hear, O ye princes of Jacob, and ye chiefs of the house","of Israel: Is it not your part to know judgment,"],"2":["You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their","skins from them and their flesh from their bones?"],"3":["Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin","off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle,","and as flesh in the midst of the pot."],"4":["Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he","will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly","in their devices."],"5":["Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people","err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not","something into their mouth, they prepare war against him."],"6":["Therefore night shall be to you instead of vision, and darkness to","you instead of divination: and the sun shall go down upon the prophets,","and the day shall be darkened over them."],"7":["And they shall be confounded that see visions, and the diviners","shall be confounded: and they shall all cover their faces, because there","is no answer of God."],"8":["But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord,","with judgment and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness and to","Israel his sin."],"9":["Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the","house of Israel: you that abhor judgment and pervert all that is right."],"10":["You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity."],"11":["Her princes have judged for bribes: and her priests have taught","for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the","Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come","among us."],"12":["Therefore because of you, Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and","Jerusalem shall be as a heap of stones, and the mountain of the temple","as the high places of the forests."]},"footnotes":{}},{"title":["Micheas Chapter 4"],"intro":["The glory of the church of Christ, by the conversion of the Gentiles.","The Jews shall be carried captives to Babylon, and be delivered again."],"contents":{"1":["And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of","the house of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the mountains, and","high above the hills: and people shall flow to it."],"2":["And many nations shall come in haste, and say: Come, let us go up","to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob: and","he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law","shall go forth out of Sion, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem."],"3":["And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations","afar off: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their","spears into spades: nation shall not take sword against nation: neither","shall they learn war anymore."],"4":["And every man shall sit under his vine, and under his fig tree, and","there shall be none to make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of","hosts hath spoken."],"5":["For all people will walk every one in the name of his god: but we","will walk in the name of the Lord, our God, for ever and ever."],"6":["In that day, saith the Lord, I will gather up her that halteth: and","her that I had cast out, I will gather up: and her whom I had afflicted."],"7":["And I will make her that halted, a remnant: and her that had been","afflicted, a mighty nation: and the Lord will reign over them in Mount","Sion, from this time now and forever."],"8":["And thou, O cloudy tower of the flock, of the daughter of Sion,","unto thee shall it come: yea the first power shall come, the kingdom to","the daughter of Jerusalem."],"9":["Now, why art thou drawn together with grief? Hast thou no king in","thee, or is thy counselor perished, because sorrow hath taken thee as a","woman in labour."],"10":["Be in pain and labour, O daughter of Sion, as a woman that","bringeth forth: for now shalt thou go out of the city, and shalt dwell","in the country, and shalt come even to Babylon, there thou shalt be","delivered: there the Lord will redeem thee out of the hand of thy","enemies."],"11":["And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they","say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion."],"12":["But they have not known the thoughts of the Lord, and have not","understood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the","hay of the floor."],"13":["Arise, and tread, O daughter of Sion: for I will make thy horn","iron, and thy hoofs I will make brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces","many peoples, and shalt immolate the spoils of them to the Lord, and","their strength to the Lord of the whole earth."]},"footnotes":{"3":["Neither shall they learn, etc... The law of Christ is a law of peace;","and all his true subjects, as much as lies in them love and keep peace","with all the world."]}},{"title":["Micheas Chapter 5"],"intro":["The birth of Christ in Bethlehem: his reign and spiritual conquests."],"contents":{"1":["Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have","laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the","judge of Israel."],"2":["And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of","Juda, out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in","Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of","eternity."],"3":["Therefore will he give them up even till the time wherein she that","travaileth shall bring forth: and the remnant of his brethren shall be","converted to the children of Israel."],"4":["And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the","height of the name of the Lord, his God: and they shall be converted,","for now shall he be magnified even to the ends of the earth."],"5":["And this man shall be our peace, when the Assyrian shall come into","our land, and when he shall set his foot in our houses: and we shall","raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men."],"6":["And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the","land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the","Assyrian when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in","our borders."],"7":["And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, as","a dew from the Lord, and as drops upon the grass, which waiteth not for","man, nor tarrieth for the children of men."],"8":["And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, in the midst","of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forests, and as a","young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, when he shall go through, and","tread down, and take there is none to deliver."],"9":["Thy hand shall be lifted up over thy enemies, and all thy enemies","shall be cut off."],"10":["And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will","take away thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy","chariots."],"11":["And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all","thy strong holds, and I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and","there shall be no divinations in thee."],"12":["And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues, out of the","midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands."],"13":["And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: and will","crush thy cities."],"14":["And I will execute vengeance in wrath, and in indignation, among","all the nations that have not given ear."]},"footnotes":{"1":["Daughter of the robber... Some understand this of Babylon; which robbed","and pillaged the temple of God: others understand it of Jerusalem; by","reason of the many rapines and oppressions committed there."],"2":["His going forth, etc... That is, he who as man shall be born in thee, as","God was born of his Father from all eternity."],"5":["The Assyrian... That is, the persecutors of the church: who are here","called Assyrians by the prophet: because the Assyrians were at that time","the chief enemies and persecutors of the people of God.-Ibid. Seven","shepherds, etc... Viz., the pastors of God's church, and the defenders","of the faith. The number seven in scripture is taken to signify many:","and when eight is joined with it, we are to understand that the number","will be very great."],"6":["They shall feed, etc... They shall make spiritual conquests in the lands","of their persecutors, with the word of the spirit, which is the word of","God. Eph. 6.17."],"7":["The remnant of Jacob... Viz., the apostles, and the first preachers of","the Jewish nation; whose doctrine, like dew, shall make the plants of","the converted Gentiles grow up, without waiting for any man to cultivate","them by human learning."],"8":["As a lion, etc... This denotes the fortitude of these first preachers;","and their success in their spiritual enterprises."],"10":["I will take away thy horses, etc... Some understand this, and all that","follows to the end of the chapter, as addressed to the enemies of the","church. But it may as well be understood of the converts to the church:","who should no longer put their trust in any of these things."]}},{"title":["Micheas Chapter 6"],"intro":["God expostulates with the Jews for their ingratitude and sins: for which","they shall be punished."],"contents":{"1":["Hear ye what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou in judgment","against the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice."],"2":["Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong","foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his","people, and he will plead against Israel."],"3":["O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I molested","thee? answer thou me."],"4":["For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and delivered thee","out of the house of slaves: and I sent before thy face Moses, and Aaron,","and Mary."],"5":["O my people, remember, I pray thee, what Balach, the king of Moab,","purposed: and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him, from Setim to","Galgal, that thou mightest know the justice of the Lord."],"6":["What shall I offer to the Lord that is worthy? wherewith shall I","kneel before the high God? shall I offer holocausts unto him, and calves","of a year old?"],"7":["May the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams, or with many","thousands of fat he-goats? shall I give my firstborn for my wickedness,","the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?"],"8":["I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth","of thee: Verily to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk","solicitous with thy God."],"9":["The voice of the Lord crieth to the city, and salvation shall be to","them that fear thy name: hear O ye tribes, and who shall approve it?"],"10":["As yet there is a fire in the house of the wicked, the treasures","of iniquity, and a scant measure full of wrath."],"11":["Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the","bag?"],"12":["By which her rich men were filled with iniquity, and the","inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in","their mouth."],"13":["And I therefore began to strike thee with desolation for thy sins."],"14":["Thou shalt eat, but shalt not be filled: and thy humiliation shall","be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not save:","and those whom thou shalt save, I will give up to the sword."],"15":["Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap: thou shalt tread the olives,","but shalt not be anointed with oil: and the new wine, but shalt not","drink the wine."],"16":["For thou hast kept the statutes of Amri, and all the works of the","house of Achab: and thou hast walked according their wills, that I","should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing,","and you shall bear the reproach of my people."]},"footnotes":{"1":["The mountains, etc... That is, the great ones, the princes of the","people."],"5":["From Setim to Galgal... He puts them in mind of the favour he did them,","in not suffering them to be quite destroyed by the evil purpose of","Balach, and the wicked counsel of Balaam: and then gives them a hint of","the wonders he wrought, in order to bring them into the land of Promise,","by stopping the course of the Jordan, in their march from Setim to","Galgal."],"6":["What shall I offer, etc... This is spoken in the person of the people,","desiring to be informed what they are to do to please God."],"10":["Full of wrath, etc... That is, highly provoking in the sight of God."],"16":["The statutes of Amri, etc... The wicked ways of Amri and Achab,","idolatrous kings."]}},{"title":["Micheas Chapter 7"],"intro":["The prophet laments, that notwithstanding all his preaching, the","generality are still corrupt in their manners: therefore their","desolation is at hand: but they shall be restored again and prosper; and","all mankind shall be redeemed by Christ."],"contents":{"1":["Woe is me, for I am become as one that gleaneth in autumn the","grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, my soul desired the","first ripe figs."],"2":["The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none","upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his","brother to death."],"3":["The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and","the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of","his soul, and they have troubled it."],"4":["He that is best among them, is as a brier, and he that is","righteous, as the thorn of the hedge. The day of thy inspection, thy","visitation cometh: now shall be their destruction."],"5":["Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of","thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom."],"6":["For the son dishonoureth the father, and the daughter riseth up","against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: and a","man's enemies are they of his own household."],"7":["But I will look towards the Lord, I will wait for God, my saviour:","my God will hear me."],"8":["Rejoice not, thou my enemy, over me, because I am fallen: I shall","arise, when I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light."],"9":["I will bear the wrath of the Lord, because I have sinned against","him: until he judge my cause, and execute judgement for me: he will","bring me forth into the light, I shall behold his justice."],"10":["And my enemy shall behold, and she shall be covered with shame,","who saith to me: Where is the Lord thy God? my eyes shall look down upon","her: now shall she be trodden under foot as the mire of the streets."],"11":["The day shall come, that thy walls may be built up: in that day","shall the law be far removed."],"12":["In that day they shall come even from Assyria to thee, and to the","fortified cities: and from the fortified cities even to the river, and","from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain."],"13":["And the land shall be made desolate because of the inhabitants","thereof, and for the fruit of their devices."],"14":["Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them","that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed","in Basan and Galaad, according to the days of old."],"15":["According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt, I","will shew him wonders."],"16":["The nations shall see, and shall be confounded at all their","strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be","deaf."],"17":["They shall lick the dust like serpents, as the creeping things of","the earth, they shall be disturbed in their houses: they shall dread the","Lord, our God, and shall fear thee."],"18":["Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest","by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in","no more, because he delighteth in mercy."],"19":["He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our","iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea."],"20":["Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, the mercy to Abraham: which","thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old."]},"footnotes":{"10":["She shall be covered, etc... Viz., Babylon my enemy."],"11":["The law... Viz., of thy enemies, who have tyrannized over thee."],"13":["The land, etc... Viz., of Babylon."]}}]}